Murderer ordered to pay for his own trial

The man who murdered children’s author Helen Bailey has been ordered to pay £100,000 to cover the cost of his trial.

Ian Stewart, 56, was jailed for 34 years after murdering the writer for her £4 million fortune.

At St Albans Crown Court, Judge Andrew Bright agreed to the prosecution’s request to cover the expenses incurred by the six-and-ahalf week trial earlier this year.

The money will be taken from several of Stewart’s bank accounts.