GUILTY UK - Diane Stewart, 47, found dead, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, 25 June 2010 *arrest in 2020*

[Beachdreams]

Hopefully they release the 999 tape after he is convicted. I want to compare how he sounded then compared to Helen.

Jon Ironmonger on Twitter has somehow obtained part of the 999 call and uploaded it to Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonIronmonger/status/1488916552120422404?s=20&t=blvPuhS2kTVyV5gCgaMOfw

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I'm pretty sure that his consent wouldn't have been needed or required at all.

But would his consent have been sought if, as we know, she had explicitly asked for them to be retained for research purposes?

 

[Tortoise]

Oh yes that recording reminds me, he said "I wasn't there when it happened".

Something about that "there" sounds really off. Like he should have said 'here'.

Saying 'there' is really distancing language, and it sounds very much like something he would practice saying to himself before making the call and to everyone who later asks, but not while he's actually standing next to Diane in their garden.

 

[Moll]

Oh yes that recording reminds me, he said "I wasn't there when it happened".

Something about that "there" sounds really off. Like he should have said 'here'.

Saying 'there' is really distancing language, and it sounds very much like something he would practice saying to himself before making the call and to everyone who later asks, but not while he's actually standing next to Diane in their garden.

It's very off altogether, isn't it? The exaggerated heavy breathing and confused replies (and I speak as someone who has been the panicky person making such a call) like not saying how old Diane is.

 

[Alyce]

Oh yes that recording reminds me, he said "I wasn't there when it happened".

Something about that "there" sounds really off. Like he should have said 'here'.

Saying 'there' is really distancing language, and it sounds very much like something he would practice saying to himself before making the call and to everyone who later asks, but not while he's actually standing next to Diane in their garden.

I do hope we get the full recording after the trial and that you can do a statement analysis on it.
His comment when asked about the epilepsy - yes, yes, yes, yes - definitely wanting to get that information on record.

 

[Alyce]

It's very off altogether, isn't it? The exaggerated heavy breathing and confused replies (and I speak as someone who has been the panicky person making such a call) like not saying how old Diane is.

That reminded me so much of his call re Helen - what colour are her eyes ?

 

[Moll]

I'm pretty sure that his consent wouldn't have been needed or required at all.

Thanks, and to everyone else who's replied. I thought the same and wonder if this is another example of IS saying something unnecessarily which indicates his concerns. All he really needed to reply to the Strimmer when he said cremation was convenient for him was that it was nothing like that, most people are cremated after all. Instead he felt the need to add that the very piece of evidence that has provided incriminating details is in fact a sign of his innocence. From Alyce's earlier post 345 from Jon Ironmonger's report:
'Stewart, being cross-examined at Huntingdon Crown Court, replied: “The cremation was a joint decision with the boys and if I was thinking that way I wouldn’t have agreed to keep the brain and heart.'

 

[dalsglen]

It's very off altogether, isn't it? The exaggerated heavy breathing and confused replies (and I speak as someone who has been the panicky person making such a call) like not saying how old Diane is.

I as so annoyed by him that I could only listen up to the "no I don't think so" when asked if she was breathing. He failed his drama class that day for sure.

I was more panicked when the cat brought in a half dead pigeon. I ran to the 86yo next door , despite knowing me 10 years the old guy couldn't understand what I was saying as I was so panicked and shaky.

 

[Alyce]

The man who killed children's author Helen Bailey was not 'capable' of murdering his first wife, his elderly father has told a court today, February 2.

He went on to add that 61-year-old Ian Stewart's first wife was "too good for him in many ways".

Stewart’s 90-year-old father Keith Stewart told Huntingdon Crown Court: “I don’t think he’s guilty
I don’t think he’s capable of doing something like that. “I’ve known him all his life.”

Retired teacher Keith Stewart was asked by Amjad Malik QC, defending, to describe Stewart’s relationship with his wife.

“Perfect,” he replied.

“I never saw or heard any disagreements, ever. I had a good son, two great grandsons and a great daughter-in-law.”

He went on: “I thought she spoiled him.

“She was too good for him in many ways. She had to really look after him.”

The court was earlier told how Stewart had the rare long-term condition myasthenia gravis, described as “muscle weakness”.

Keith Stewart said: “She was the one who took him to hospital frequently.”

Keith Stewart was married to Brenda Stewart, who died in 2019, and Ian Stewart was their only child.

He said his son “didn’t know what to do, he didn’t know which way to turn” after the death of Diane Stewart.

Describing her funeral, Keith Stewart said: “Neither of us actually cried at the funeral.

“We kept our tears back.

“We’ve been criticised for that.

“After it was over we did cry, and before.”

He went on: “People say he (Ian Stewart) looks severe but he’s got something wrong with the muscles of his face.”



Ian Stewart not 'capable' of killing first wife, says father

 

[Beachdreams]

Stewart’s 90-year-old father Keith Stewart told Huntingdon Crown Court: “I don’t think he’s guilty
I don’t think he’s capable of doing something like that. “I’ve known him all his life.”

Just his opinion, obviously. I hope he’s asked for his opinion on whether he thought his son capable of Helen’s murder!!

 

[KarenUK]

The man who killed children's author Helen Bailey was not 'capable' of murdering his first wife, his elderly father has told a court today, February 2.

He went on to add that 61-year-old Ian Stewart's first wife was "too good for him in many ways".

Stewart’s 90-year-old father Keith Stewart told Huntingdon Crown Court: “I don’t think he’s guilty
I don’t think he’s capable of doing something like that. “I’ve known him all his life.”

RSBM

I feel sorry for his dad, imagine being the father of a convicted murder then being dragged to court to defend him at 90 years old. Presumably from his words he doesn't believe IS killed Helen either.

 

[Beachdreams]

I feel sorry for his dad, imagine being the father of a convicted murder then being dragged to court to defend him at 90 years old. Presumably from his words he doesn't believe IS killed Helen either.

I agree. He’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one isn’t he? Hopefully the jury will see how desperate this makes him appear and convict him.

I wonder who else he’s going to call in his defence!

 

[Cherwell]

Isn't it good not to be in nail-biting suspense over this? Because however it goes, this is already in prison for the rest of his miserable life.

Good heavens, are we not even allowed to use an acronym now? The expression I had in mind referred to a piece of faeces.

 

[Moll]

Isn't it good not to be in nail-biting suspense over this? Because however it goes, this *** is already in prison for the rest of his miserable life.

Good heavens, are we not even allowed to use an acronym now? The expression I had in mind referred to a piece of faeces.

Perhaps you could resort to Cockney rhyming slang? I've just discovered Lemon Curd is one possibility.

 

[KarenUK]

Perhaps you could resort to Cockney rhyming slang? I've just discovered Lemon Curd is one possibility.

This Hampton Wick certainly is full of pony and trap!

 

[Moll]

Yes - but I have decided lemon curd is far too good to be used for this ? and pony and trap is too, so maybe it wasn't such a bright idea!

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

It's very off altogether, isn't it? The exaggerated heavy breathing and confused replies (and I speak as someone who has been the panicky person making such a call) like not saying how old Diane is.

I think I recall he couldn't remember Helen's age or birth date exactly either

 

[Alyce]

I agree. He’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one isn’t he? Hopefully the jury will see how desperate this makes him appear and convict him.
I wonder who else he’s going to call in his defence!

Well, not the neighbours for sure

 

[Moll]

Ian Stewart: Murder accused was caring towards wife, court hears.
A man accused of murdering his wife was "caring and gentle" towards her, a trial has heard.

Ian Stewart, 61, denies killing Diane Stewart, 47, at their home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire in 2010.

A family friend told Huntingdon Crown Court that the couple "were both very gentle with each other" and "would work together as a nice team."

Her death was investigated after Mr Stewart was convicted of the 2016 murder of his fiancée Helen Bailey.

The cause of Mrs Stewart's death was recorded at the time as sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

 

[Alyce]

From Moll's link above


Neil King, prosecuting, asked Dr Pullen about Mr Stewart's conviction for murdering Ms Bailey.

"That's a verdict of the trial," he said.

"I find it very hard to believe."


Dr Pullen being a friend of IS.