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‘FINGERS’ GRANNY PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Accused “crime-wave granny” Katherine Kelly yesterday hobbled into Manhattan Supreme Court handcuffed and leaning on a cane and pleaded not guilty to charges that she snatched a wallet from a purse at an Upper West Side Fairway supermarket – leading to her 73rd arrest.

Kelly, 75, who prosecutors say has burned off her fingerprints and used 36 aliases in a four-decade criminal career, looked frail, her dyed auburn hair showing streaks of gray.

Charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property, she’s being held on $15,000 bail and is not due back in court until Jan. 8.