Jury sworn in for murder trial

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 nine men and three women were told the hearing at Coleraine, Co Derry, could last for four weeks and would involve evidence from Baptist Church friends of mother-of-two Hazel Stewart, 47, who has pleaded not guilty.