Court ruling could allow Stewart to challenge her conviction

A landmark court ruling could allow one of Northern Ireland's most notorious killers to challenge her conviction.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Feb 2016, 10:06 BST

Updated 19th Feb 2016, 10:14 BST

Pacemaker Press 24/11/10 Hazel Stewart arrives at Coleraine court house as her trial beigins into the murder of Trevor Buchanan , Dentist Colin Howell recently pladed guilty
Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker — Pacemaker Press 24/11/10 Hazel Stewart arrives at Coleraine court house as her trial beigins into the murder of Trevor Buchanan , Dentist Colin Howell recently pladed guilty Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Double murderer Hazel Stewart was convicted under the controversial ‘joint enterprise’ law.

On Thursday, the UK’s highest court said the law may have been wrongly interpreted by judges for 30 years.

The decision could pave the way for hundreds of prisoners to seek appeals.

They include Stewart, convicted in 2011 of murdering her husband Trevor Buchanan and Lesley Howell in a joint enterprise with her ex-lover Colin Howell.

Northern Ireland