One of the co-accused in a $1.2 million theft trial has criticised the evidence presented in court by a forensic accountant.

Keiva Maronie Durham, 44, and her husband, Jaymo Durham, 52, have denied charges of stealing from four elderly women, who are all clients of Ageing and Disability Services, over a seven-year period.

They are representing themselves at the Supreme Court, where Mrs Durham is presenting her defence from the witness box.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between February 23, 2012 and July 31, 2019, with the four victims listed as Doreen Stevens, Nancy Locke, and Muriel and Loretta Smith.

The Durhams have also denied making and using false statements.

Mrs Durham delivered a narrative yesterday when the trial resumed after the public holiday.

Jurors were given copies of financial documents to study while Mrs Durham went over various transactions and incidents including the claim that the Durhams’ book-keeper at Amicus Law, Ashley Landy, had “written a cheque for her own purposes”.

She maintained that Ms Landy had allegedly stolen $15,000 from the couple by signing the company cheque without permission then later confessing to “misallocating funds” after suffering dire financial times.

Mrs Durham told the court: “There are a couple of things that need to be mentioned, straightened out … and the evidence of the forensic accountant’s report and other things that were mentioned.

“Going through the report of Mr [Todd] Boyd [forensic accountant], there are some wrong conclusions regarding financial transactions that, if you were provided with the [right] documents, you would have come to a different conclusion.”

The trial continues before Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe.

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