Killer dentist says sorry at new inquest

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.

Colin Howell, 52, who concealed the murders of Lesley Howell and policeman Trevor Buchanan for almost 20 years before confessing to elders in his church, told a coroner in Belfast that he wished he could turn back time.