Did Diane Stewart indeed suffer from epilepsy?
The only source that I can find (apart from references to the verdict after her death) is her husband:
What happened to the first wife of Helen Bailey's killer? | Daily Mail Online
Stewart, 56, said at his trial for the murder of Helen that Diane had suffered epileptic seizures in the early years of their marriage, which had led to her being banned from driving at one point for three years.
Stewart told the court that in 1995, when their son Oliver was born, Diane was taking medication for epilepsy.
He said she’d ‘made up her mind that she wasn’t going to go back to work and was going to be a stay-at-home mum’.
This picture of frail Mrs Stewart is somewhat at odds with the reality of the full-time school secretary, who was also a stalwart of the bowls club.
Rather the person who stayed at home and didn’t work, and had a reputation for being lazy, was her husband.
Mrs Stewart’s history of epilepsy came as news to those who knew her in Bassingbourn.
‘I knew Diane from
1998 until she passed away,’ says Mr Manley. ‘She was an athletic, active woman.
And she certainly was driving. She used to take her turn driving to away matches and I’ve been in the car with her driving it. I have since been told by people that she had a history of epilepsy in her teens but it was under control.’
A relative of Mrs Stewart, who asked not to be identified, said: ‘I’m conducting my own investigation.
I don’t know about the time she had Oliver in relation to epilepsy, but as far as I’m concerned the only time I heard epilepsy mentioned in relation to Diane was when she died of it.’
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