11/02/2009

Murder Accused Dentist Facing Sex Charges

Four charges of indecently assaulting adult females are to be laid against the dentist already accused of murdering his wife and a police officer today.

Colin Howell, 49, faces the fresh charges having also been charged with illegally administering overpowering drugs with intent to commit indecent assault.

Mr Howell will appear at Coleraine Magistrates' Court today, (Wednesday).

The dentist is currently in police custody having already been charged with the deaths of his wife, Leslie, and police constable Trevor Buchanan.

On 19 May 1991, RUC officer Trevor Buchanan and mother-of-four Lesley Howell were found dead in a car in a garage in Castlerock. At the time, a coroner's court ruled that both had committed suicide.

Constable Buchanan's wife, Hazel Stewart, who is on police bail, is also charged with the murders.

See: One Bailed, One Held Over 'Suicide' Deaths

(BMcC/JM)

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