Howell’s ex-wife will not be prosecuted
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- Published: Monday, 02 December 2013 07:58
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The Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service has confirmed that the former wife of dentist Colin Howell, Kyle Jorgensen (47), would be not be facing any charges. A spokesperson said: "The decision was taken not to prosecute in this case because there was insufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction." Ms Jorgensen has been under police investigation since Howell's arrest in January 2009. She told police she kept his double murder secret for over a decade.
She was told by her husband how he gassed his first wife Lesley and his then lover's policeman husband before persuading her not to inform the authorities for the sake of their children's future. Howell was jailed for 21 years for murdering Lesley and Constable Trevor Buchanan in May 1991 when he staged managed the deaths to make it look like a suicide pact. Hazel Stewart, 51, his lover at the time, was jailed for a minimum 18 years for her part in the deaths and the role in covering them up. She has already failed in a High Court bid to appeal against her conviction for the murder of Mrs Howell, but is planning a fresh legal move in an attempt to clear her name.
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