Killer’s sons set to get slice of fortune

THE two sons of author Helen Bailey’s killer are set to inherit part of her £3.3m fortune.

Ms Bailey, 51, left the bulk of her estate to her partner Ian Stewart, 56, who was jailed for a minimum of 34 years last week after dumping her body in a cesspit at their home.

He will not get a penny as killers cannot inherit from their victims.

Her executor will decide how to split her estate between 13 people including Stewart’s sons Jamie, 24, and Oliver 21, named in her will as ‘discretionary beneficiaries’.

Ms Bailey’s neighbour Mavis Drake, 82, who witnessed her will, said: ‘Helen was definitely very fond of Ian’s two boys. I am sure as time went on she probably grew to love them more and more. Obviously they had nothing whatsoever to do with her murder.’

Mrs Drake said she felt particularly sorry for Stewart’s two sons as they also lost their mother Diane who died of an apparent epileptic seizure in 2010.