Killer dentist Howell jailed for sex acts

Killer dentist Colin Howell has been given a five-and-a-half-year jail term for indecently assaulting five of his female patients.

The former lay preacher, who is already serving 21 years for murdering his wife and his ex-lover’s husband, plead guilty to 12 charges of taking advantage of the sedated women over a period of four years in his Co Antrim practice.