A dentist who murdered his wife and ex lover’s husband then covered it up as suicide has apologised for killing two innocent and honourable people as verdicts delivered at the original inquest were overturned.

A new inquest into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan will set the record straight after their partners were jailed for their murders, a coroner’s court hearing in the North was told today.

NORTHERN Ireland’s Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the deaths of two people murdered by dentist Colin Howell and his lover.

The North's Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the deaths of two people murdered by dentist Colin Howell and his lover.

Former Sunday school teacher Hazel Stewart, who was jailed for murdering her policeman husband and her ex-lover’s wife, has launched an appeal bid against her conviction.

THE clock on the wall directly above the dock was just approaching 10.23 when she heard the words which condemned her.

A former Sunday school teacher who murdered her policeman husband and her ex-lover's wife and then covered it up as a double suicide was jailed for a minimum of 18 years today.

The children of a former Sunday school teacher who murdered their father and her lover's wife have pleaded with a judge to show their mother mercy, a court heard today.

A former Sunday school teacher in the North convicted of murdering her husband and her ex-lover’s wife will be sentenced on March 16, the Northern Ireland Court service said today.

The conviction of Hazel Stewart for murdering her husband brings no sense of victory or celebration, his brother said tonight.

A former Sunday school teacher has today been found guilty of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband and her former lover’s wife in 1991 will retire to consider its verdict today.

A jury which will decide whether a former Sunday school teacher is guilty of a double murder must keep an open mind, the judge said tonight.

A jury was urged to avoid a miscarriage of justice today as the murder trial of Hazel Stewart in the North drew to a close.

Hazel Stewart told police she wished she was dead when they questioned her about the murders of her husband and her ex-lover’s wife, a court heard today.

Double murderer Colin Howell went for a game of squash in the days after he killed his wife and his lover’s husband – and his mistress showed no emotion when told their bodies had been found, a court in the North heard today.

A dentist dropped an electrical cable into the water as his wife took a bath at the height of a crisis in their marriage, a court heard today.

A jury was sworn in today at the start of a trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her ex-lover’s wife in the North almost 20 years ago.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will begin today.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will begin tomorrow.

The double murder trial of dentist Colin Howell and his ex-lover Hazel Stewart will go ahead as planned later this month, a judge said today.

The trial of a dentist and his ex-lover accused of murdering their partners in the North nearly 20 years ago has had to be delayed because of a hold-up in obtaining psychiatric reports.

A dentist accused of murdering his wife and his lover's policeman husband is facing new charges of indecent assault on some of his women patients, it was revealed today.

Detectives today launched a new appeal in a bid to trace ex-patients of dentist Colin Howell who is facing a double murder as well as accusations of drugging and indecently assaulting four women.

Detectives who charged a dentist and his ex lover with the murders of their former partners are investigating a third death, it was revealed today.

A man and woman are due in court today charged with murdering a couple whose deaths 18 years ago were originally treated as suicide.

A man and woman were charged with the murder of a couple whose deaths 20 years ago were originally treated as suicide.