US EditionHazel Stewart Refused Early Release Bid
- Hazel Stewart was denied permission to challenge the duration of her minimum 18-year sentence for the 1991 murders of her husband and Lesley Howell.
- Trevor Buchanan and Lesley Howell were drugged and killed, with their bodies discovered inside a garage filled with exhaust fumes, staged to appear as a suicide pact following the revelation of their partners' affair.
- The Court of Appeal, led by Dame Siobhan Keegan, upheld the original sentencing, finding no basis to reduce it, and dismissed the late psychiatric evidence because it relied on prison records that conflicted with assessments from other experts.
- Stewart’s lawyer Kevin Winters called the decision disappointing but confirmed she is considering a final application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission based on new medical findings.
- The ruling underscores the importance of concluding criminal cases promptly, highlighting the additional emotional toll repeated appeals place on the victims' families, while Stewart maintains her claim that Colin Howell exerted coercive control over her.
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'No joy' for murder victim's family after killer refused sentence appeal
THE family of murder victim Lesley Howell has said there is “no joy” after double killer Hazel Stewart failed in a bid to have her prison sentence reduced. In a statement, the family said they are continuing to live with a life sentence as they deal with Stewart’s “ongoing attempt to evade justice”. Stewart, 62, was refused leave at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday to appeal against the length of her sentence for killing her policeman husband an…
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