‘Have you nothing better to do?’ Moment double killer is arrested for murdering first wife

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} New footage has revealed the moment double killer Ian Stewart accused police of “making things up” as he was arrested for murdering his first wife. “A charade that succeeded at the time, and would have succeeded for all time but for your subsequent murder of Helen Bailey.” Stewart shook his head at times during the sentencing hearing. As part of the police investigation, following Stewart’s 2017 murder conviction, consultant neuropathologist Professor Safa Al-Sarraj was asked to examine preserved parts of Mrs Stewart’s brain, which had been donated to medical science. The judge told Stewart: “It no doubt never crossed your mind that the donation of Diane’s brain for teaching and research would lead to your ultimate downfall, as it was to do, and your conviction today for the murder of Diane Stewart, for which I must now sentence you.” Prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC said her death was “most likely caused by a prolonged restriction to her breathing from an outside source”, such as smothering or a neck hold.