A “scorned” wife who stole $27,000 from her estranged husband’s girlfriend has been told she must pay it back.Chandray Abrahams, of Rambling Lane, Pembroke, will be sentenced next month for moving the money into her own bank account after her husband asked her to make an internet transfer for a far smaller sum.Her lawyer Shade Subair claimed in Magistrates’ Court yesterday that Kevin Abrahams asked his wife to transfer $2,700 but she “accidentally” added an extra zero and did not correct her error or advise him of the mistake.Ms Subair said Mr Abrahams was in Jamaica at the time, though her client “did not immediately realise” he was there with his new partner Beverley Davis.She described the actions of Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute worker Abrahams, 34, as those of a “scorned woman” and said the struggling mother-of-four, who has two sons with her husband, used the cash for her children. Prosecutor Nicole Smith said Mr Abrahams told his wife to transfer $5,000. “In no way, shape or form does $5,000 even rhyme with $27,000,” she said. “What the defendant did was deliberate and it was calculated.“She knew exactly what she was doing at the time. There was no mistake in her actions.”Abrahams pleaded guilty to one count of theft at an earlier hearing. She was due to be sentenced yesterday but Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo adjourned the matter to allow probation officers to compile a report on how she can repay Ms Davis.He told Abrahams her crime was one which would usually merit a prison sentence but he was satisfied a probation order would be suitable.Mr Tokunbo said though it may be difficult for the defendant, she had to work towards repaying the money to Ms Davis and he would make an order reflecting that when he sentenced her next month. He added: “I think Mr Abrahams should have some responsibility as well. He has some culpability, even if it’s just stupidity.”The husband was not present in court, unlike his wife and girlfriend, and the magistrate said that was “typical”.“All the time I look at women here on opposite sides and men who never come to court. It’s the usual case.”Ms Subair had earlier described how one of her client’s sons had heart murmurs and had to go abroad for costly medical treatment.She said Abrahams was living with her four children, her sister and her sister’s two children in small accommodation and was “struggling” to support her offspring.Abrahams, she said, was “a woman who made a decision during extreme distress in her life. It was the breakdown of her marriage and it was at a time, unfortunately, when she realised that her husband was on vacation with another woman, where there had been much history involving this particular complainant.”Ms Subair added: “She used that $27,000 for the benefit of the needs of her children and to satisfy outstanding debts, which included hospital bills, as she didn’t have the benefit of full insurance. She’s not in a position to pay any restitution.”The lawyer said Mr Abrahams offered to repay the money to Ms Davis as he was “incredibly emotional” at the prospect of the mother of his children facing a jail term. Ms Smith said Mr Abrahams had been in touch and confirmed he wasn’t able to meet the payments, adding: “And why should he?”She said: “Why should the defendant get off scot-free? He shouldn’t be made to pay.”The prosecutor said the husband and Ms Davis had been together for five years at the time of the theft and the latter often looked after her boyfriend’s two sons.A social inquiry report, Ms Smith added, concluded that Abrahams had “somewhat of a nonchalant attitude” about her crime. Abrahams said: “I just want to apologise to Ms Beverley Davis for my actions and I’d like the court to know that it won’t happen again.”Her bail was extended until sentencing on November 10.