Stewart sentencing put back

The sentencing of Hazel Stewart, the 48-year-old Coleraine woman convicted of double murder, has been put back.

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Mar 2011, 09:41 BST

Stewart was convicted last week of murdering her husband Trevor Buchanan, 32, and Lesley Howell, 31, the wife of her former lover Colin Howell.

She was given a life sentence and was to have heard on Friday what the minimum term would be.

However, it was revealed in the High Court that she will now be sentenced on Wednesday 16 March.

The trial judge, Mr Justice Hart, will hear final submissions at a hearing at Belfast Crown Court this Friday.

Howell, 52, is serving a 21-year-sentence at Maghaberry Prison.