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The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

Convicted murderer accused of killing wife tells court he had ‘perfect’ marriage

Sketch of Ian Stewart in court .
Ian Stewart is accused of killing his wife, Diane, at their home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, in 2010. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

A man convicted of murdering his fiancee, who is now accused of murdering his wife six years earlier, told a jury his marriage was “perfect” and that he tried to resuscitate his spouse after finding her collapsed in their garden.

Ian Stewart, 61, who in 2016 was convicted of murdering Helen Bailey, author of the Electra Brown series of children’s books, denies killing his wife, Diane Stewart, 47, at their home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, in 2010.

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