GUILTY UK - Helen Bailey, 51, Royston, 11 April 2016 #4

[Interested Bystander]

15:20
Stewart describes cancer scare

Stewart said he later had a cancer scare, and was convinced to have another operation. “I went back into Papworth Hospital and had the same operation. Very annoyingly all it was was scar tissue. “It wasn’t cancer, thankfully. “Myasthenia gravis is quite rare, every time I end up in Addenbrooke’s Hospital they use me as a demonstration. Stewart said one of his lungs only has 60 per cent capacity, adding “compared to my other breathing problems that’s not good.”

Sounds as though he has had a thymectomy. As much as I don't want to agree, it is probably absolutely true that he becomes of special interest in hospital because it is a rare disease and many/most doctors never see it in a lifetime (other than a neurologist who is the specialist who looks after this disease). It is very useful for young doctors to see exactly what happens. Otherwise they could miss it when they go on to practice. It has happened to me too with the same disease. Why he needs to labour it the way he is, has to be an attempt to impress the jury of his weakness. Most people, I think, would just state the facts about the disease and not elaborate as he has been doing.

 

[snoopydog]

Maybe I am nit picking here ! but that sounds an odd way to say things.
Wouldnt you say, it was just me and the boys, we managed the best we could .......... he makes it sound like - sigh - it's all about him again. More responsibility being handed over to him.

Agree. I thought the same.


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[Tortoise]

They really should have got a MG specialist in who could challenge or confirm some of this

(Myasthenia gravis not the MG car)

I expect they will bring his consultant as a defence witness.

 

[hunkerdown]

Someone wake me up when he says anything remotely relevant...zzzz


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[MillyM]

15:34
Helen Bailey was one of a number of widows and widowers Stewart spoke to

“She came back on after the funeral and said thanks, then we continued talking. “At the time Helen was just one of many widows and widowers I was speaking to. “I never met Helen at all socially, face to face at this time. “About a month after John Sinfield’s funeral I was now nearly coming up to a year on from losing Diane and I thought this (the groups) was not for me anymore. “New people were coming on the group all the time and they had raw grief, which took you back to the raw grief that you felt. “I didn’t go on any of these groups for three months.”

 

[Alyce]

15:32
Met Helen Bailey through Facebook grief site

Stewart says there was also a spin off page for the forum on Facebook. “A group of two or three widows set up a Facebook group, it was a closed group. “It now has about 300 members. “When I first went on the first website I didn’t think it was for me. But it was great just to write your feelings down. “Helen Bailey was given the name of this grieving website by the foreign office after her husband died. “She was made aware of the Facebook group and came to join it. “I wasn’t aware of her at all but one morning Helen messaged me to ask how I was. “She said she wasn’t doing great, and in two days time it was her husband’s funeral. “I said it wouldn’t be easy, but told her to do what feels right to her. “The first contact between the two of us was initiated by Helen.”

John Sinfield's funeral was March 2011 ....... I had not realised IS and Helen were talking to each other that early on

 

[neteditor]

15:29
Grief sessions after wife's death

“I’ve had a blue (disabled) badge when driving for 18/19 years. “Sadly Diane died on June 25, 2010. “I was left in charge of the two boys. They were 18 and 15 at that time. “I was given a book on how to cope and deal with grief from a bridesmaid at Diane’s wedding. “In the book was also a website name for a forum for widows and widowers to share their feelings. “It was a very open forum and it was very good. “I went to an event in London, 30 of us shared experiences of grieving face to face.”

FFS you were their parent not a flipping zoo keeper

 

[MillyM]

15:38
Helen Bailey contacted Stewart when he returned to grief group

“I went away on holiday with Oliver, and it was while I was away. I asked my mum and dad to come, they said yes. Later they said they only came to give me support. “Whilst I was away my mum had a heart attack and ended up in a Spanish hospital. “They came back (to Letchworth) where they live. “She was ill and I was concerned, so I ended up going back on this Facebook group at this time. “When I came back on (the group) there was a big welcome. I always used to sign off with the phrase ‘olli’ as in ‘one life live it’. Stewart becomes tearful again as he adds: “That was something me and Diane used to say together. “Helen messaged me, said she wondered where I’d been and that she thought I had abandoned them all.”

 

[MillyM]

Really playing the sympathy card here...

 

[MillyM]

15:40
Facebook chats led to long emails

“Helen also joined another charity I joined, called WAY (widowed and young). “We’d spend more time one to one communicating on Facebook and chatting about all sorts of things. “We’d support each other. It seemed strange but virtual hugs, at that time, meant a lot. “There was no romance at that point. “After a while we exchanged email addresses, and we started long email discussions. “Our emails became bigger and bigger.”

 

[cottonweaver]

Ian Stewart , the ultimate, charmless bore.

If he doesn't murder you he will bore you to death.

I hope our PGrief blog readers are going to weigh in and check IS's account and the facts on meeting and comms with Helen.


( Think we can guess , he'll still be doing his solo turn on Wednesday too, at this rate. )

 

[BatFace]

Oh Helen. How on earth did you end up with such a clapped-out old whinger?

 

[JudgeJudi]

They really should have got a MG specialist in who could challenge or confirm some of this

(Myasthenia gravis not the MG car)

They'll present medical experts to confirm everything they can. Trimmer is going to have the time of his life XX IS.

 

[MillyM]

15:42
Stewart tearful as he tells jury about Helen Bailey's books

Stewart said: “I had very few photographs of myself, Helen had some.. “One of the jokes I used to say was that I was communicating with an author. “She often corrected my information. “When we were talking about childhoods, she said her mum also suffered with depression. “At some point she made me aware of my books. I can say this now, she was the character, Electra Brown was Helen. Effectively they were autobiographical books. The names and faces changed but it was Helen.” Stewart becomes tearful again as he tells jurors this.

 

[looroll]

Ian Stewart , the ultimate, charmless bore.

If he doesn't murder you he will bore you to death


LOL!!!!

 

[DollyDiamond]

John Sinfield's funeral was March 2011 ....... I had not realised IS and Helen were talking to each other that early on

Blimey! I had no idea Helen was in touch with IS that soon after her husband's death. Alarm bells ringing big time about her neediness - and his opportunism. So sick of all the self indulgent detail about his ill health - I'm amazed he never mentioned walking bandy with his chronic Farmer Giles ROLLS EYES.

 

[BatFace]

Oh Helen, how on earth did you end up with such a clapped-out old whinger?

 

[snoopydog]

Ian Stewart , the ultimate, charmless bore.

If he doesn't murder you he will bore you to death.

I hope our PGrief blog readers are going to weigh in and check IS's account and the facts on meeting and comms with Helen.

I've read everything he's posted on the fb page I'm a member of. This stuff all must have been private. I never saw anything with him coming back after a break. Maybe that was on the WAY fb page....


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[Alyce]

15:42
Stewart tearful as he tells jury about Helen Bailey's books

Stewart said: “I had very few photographs of myself, Helen had some.. “One of the jokes I used to say was that I was communicating with an author. “She often corrected my information. “When we were talking about childhoods, she said her mum also suffered with depression. “At some point she made me aware of my books. I can say this now, she was the ]character, Electra Brown was Helen. Effectively they were autobiographical books. The names and faces changed but it was Helen.” Stewart becomes tearful again as he tells jurors this.

Eh ? we all know that, Helen said she based the character on herself - it's not some amazing secret that he is only just allowed to reveal

wonder what he means, she corrected my information - does he mean his grammar ?

 

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Stewart tells court while doing up house in '94/'95 he noticed he would get tired v quickly. Diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis in 1995