Ian Stewart: How ‘devious’ man murdered two partners six years apart - suffocating one and poisoning the other
2 years, 10 months ago

Ian Stewart: How ‘devious’ man murdered two partners six years apart - suffocating one and poisoning the other

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Widower Ian Stewart has been found guilty of murdering his first wife six years before he went on to murder his fiancee, the children's book author Helen Bailey. open image in gallery Ian Stewart killed two of his partners - and dumped one body in a cesspit A judge, sentencing him at St Albans Crown Court in 2017, said Stewart suffocated her with a pillow while she was "too drowsy to fight you off", with the defendant knowing he stood to gain £1.8m in investments plus the value of two properties. open image in gallery The cesspit in her home where Ms Bailey was found dead after three months Stewart's first wife Diane Stewart, 47, died in 2010, with Stewart claiming to have found her collapsed in the garden of their home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. open image in gallery Court artist sketch of Stewart giving evidence, watched by his two sons, at Huntingdon Crown Court Stewart insisted during his trial that the two women's deaths were a coincidence.

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