Murder accused will not give evidence in trial

A FORMER Sunday school teacher accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will not give evidence at her trial, her lawyer told Coleraine Crown Court today.

Murder accused will not give evidence in trial

Paul Ramsey QC told judge Mr Justice Anthony Hart that 47-year-old Hazel Stewart will not take the stand in the high profile case.

She is accused of plotting with her ex-lover Colin Howell to kill his wife Lesley and her husband Trevor Buchanan in May 1991 and covering it up as a suicide pact. She denies the charges.

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