A WARDEN of a sheltered housing block who stole £200,000 from elderly residents is due to be sentenced next month.

Sarah Johnston, aged 58, who has pleaded guilty to five offences of theft and 10 offences of obtaining property by deception, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on November 4.

The case was adjourned and confiscation proceedings plus sentencing are due to be heard at the court on December 10.

Johnston, of James Street, Shearness, Kent, stole money from two residents at Central Court, Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, using cheques and bank withdrawals between 1996 and 2003.

One victim is a 94-year-old woman who asked not to be named, while the other victim, Harry Ashenden, died last October at the age of 77.