Partner of UK author Helen Bailey convicted of her murder
LONDON — The partner of British children’s author Helen Bailey was convicted Wednesday of killing her and dumping her body in a cesspool in a financially motivated murder.
A jury at St. Albans Crown Court, north of London, found Ian Stewart guilty of murder, fraud, perverting the course of justice and preventing a lawful burial. He will be sentenced Thursday.
Police said after the verdict that they would re-examine the 2010 death of Stewart’s first wife. At the time it was ruled to be unexpected but from natural causes.
The body of 51-year-old Bailey was found in July in a cesspool under the garage of the home she shared with Stewart, alongside the body of her miniature dachshund Boris. Stewart had reported Bailey missing three months earlier.