"You knew Helen to be a wealthy woman but were not content to share her wealth.
"You persisted in that callous lie for three months, repeating it to anyone and everyone. "You then set about attempting to deceive the police and Helen's family and friends that she had left you a note, needed some space and did not want you to contact her. "You planned her murder well in advance and secretly administered Zopiclone tablets to her so you could smother her when she was too drowsy to fight you off. "In a few hours of her murder you used your knowledge of her financial affairs and your compute expertise to change a standing order. "Helen was only 51 and at the height of her success as a writer when you brought her life to a cruel end and dumped her body in a foul smelling cesspit for her body to decompose. "She was so devoted to her dog Boris that you decided you must also kill him. The judge said Helen's murder was planned "well in advance" and described him as a "real danger for women".īut addressing him in his absence, Judge Bright said: "Ian Stewart, you've been convicted after a trial of murdering your fiance Helen Bailey who was excitedly making arrangements for your wedding while you were planning how to kill her, hide her body, and explain her disappearance. Stewart refused to appear in court for the sentencing. Today, Judge Andrew Bright QC sentenced him to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years. But a jury of seven men and five women took around five-and-a-half hours to find "devious killer" Stewart guilty of the "cynically executed murder that had money as its driving motive".
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