:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of the day's main story... The
:00:00. > :00:08.Our headlines this Wednesday evening: Murdered for her millions -
:00:09. > :00:11.a jury finds Ian Stewart guilty of killing his partner:
:00:12. > :00:25.She is somebody who is narcissistic and thinks only of himself and is
:00:26. > :00:31.particularly wicked not only to kill the woman he is said to have lot but
:00:32. > :00:33.then dumped her body. -- said to have loft.
:00:34. > :00:35.Tonight friends and neighbours pay tribute to Helen,
:00:36. > :00:39.describing her as witty, bright and honest.
:00:40. > :00:41.Also ahead - who will pick our crops?
:00:42. > :00:42.Farmers raise fears of food shortages amid
:00:43. > :00:49.I spent the day with the bird recorder whose job it is to log all
:00:50. > :00:54.of the county's birds. First tonight, police
:00:55. > :00:56.described him as Ian Stewart has been found guilty
:00:57. > :01:09.of killing the Royston author Helen Bailey,
:01:10. > :01:11.hiding her body under the garage of their home,
:01:12. > :01:13.and deceiving everyone into thinking Mike Cartwright has been
:01:14. > :01:18.following the trial at St Albans Crown Court and joins
:01:19. > :01:29.us live from there now. Ian Stewart showed no emotion when
:01:30. > :01:34.he heard he had been found guilty of murder. He shook his head for the
:01:35. > :01:39.verdicts of fraud and perverting the course of justice. After six weeks
:01:40. > :01:44.of evidence was found guilty on all charges after just six hours with
:01:45. > :01:46.the judge praising them for their involvement in what he called a
:01:47. > :01:47.difficult and troublesome case. Anything you do say may
:01:48. > :01:50.be given in evidence. Arrested early in the morning
:01:51. > :01:54.in his dressing down, Ian Stewart slumped onto the stairs
:01:55. > :01:57.in the home he shared Police cameras picked
:01:58. > :02:00.up his questions. Getting up, after looking out
:02:01. > :02:12.of the window, this question. The garage where three months before
:02:13. > :02:16.he had had dumped Helen Sedated, suffocated,
:02:17. > :02:21.possibly still alive, Ian Stewart dropped her and Boris,
:02:22. > :02:23.her much-loved dog, down inside. At their home officers questioned
:02:24. > :02:45.him about the day Helen disappeared. He is a wicked and cynical man. You
:02:46. > :02:47.lied to us, his own family of Helen Bailey's family about the enquiry
:02:48. > :02:55.and that made it very challenging for us. I do not know if he's a
:02:56. > :03:01.psychopath, he is certainly thinks only of himself and is wicked, not
:03:02. > :03:04.only to kill the woman he is said to have loft, but the dumped his body
:03:05. > :03:10.as well. he killed her and tried
:03:11. > :03:21.to cover his tracks. On the 11th of April last year
:03:22. > :03:24.Ian Stewart smothered Helen Bailey somewhere in their Royston home
:03:25. > :03:26.sometime before 2:30pm. That afternoon at the
:03:27. > :03:28.rubbish tip this CCTV. He dumped the duvet used,
:03:29. > :03:31.it is thought, to move her body. Ian Stewart getting into his car
:03:32. > :03:35.after buying a takeaway just hours I don't know whether
:03:36. > :03:42.he is a psychopath. I think he is a narcissist, I think
:03:43. > :03:48.he thinks very much of himself, Four days after killing her,
:03:49. > :03:51.Ian Stewart called the police to say she had gone missing and had
:03:52. > :03:53.left a note. My partner has been missing
:03:54. > :03:57.since Monday and she has She hasn't ended up where
:03:58. > :04:02.she said she was going. She said in the note,
:04:03. > :04:06.something like, I need His defence - two mystery men,
:04:07. > :04:17.Joe and Nick, who kidnapped But his side of the story
:04:18. > :04:33.was as fictitious as one Ian Stewart's two sons and his
:04:34. > :04:37.brother left court silent. The sentence will be tomorrow. His two
:04:38. > :04:43.sons did not look at the father during the verdict. In a statement
:04:44. > :04:48.Helen Bailey's family said, there can be no celebrations. The shadow
:04:49. > :04:54.of loss has been cast over the hearts of many. The challenging --
:04:55. > :04:57.the police describe this as a challenging investigation and they
:04:58. > :05:02.said they will look into the death of Diane Stewart, Ian Stewart's
:05:03. > :05:09.first wife. She died suddenly of natural causes in 2010. Police say
:05:10. > :05:12.it is right and proper to consider Ian Stewart's past and they will do
:05:13. > :05:16.that with the help of Cambridgeshire's coroner.
:05:17. > :05:19.While the court in St Albans has been hearing about
:05:20. > :05:21.Ian Stewart's deadly plot, it's Helen who's been
:05:22. > :05:25.The author had only moved to Royston a few years ago, but neighbours soon
:05:26. > :05:29.Anna Todd has been speaking to some of them about their memories
:05:30. > :05:31.of the much-loved children's author.
:05:32. > :05:33.Described as witty, bright, honest and real Helen Bailey live
:05:34. > :05:39.Her world fell apart after her husband of 23 years
:05:40. > :05:45.But within a year, despite much angst and soul-searching,
:05:46. > :05:48.she fell for widower Ian Stewart, he made her happy.
:05:49. > :05:51.He ticked the boxes that were necessary for Helen.
:05:52. > :05:54.He loved dogs he was a good dad, he was funny, he was considerate
:05:55. > :06:08.Was there anything about him that suggested something was amiss
:06:09. > :06:22.And Helen would have picked up on that.
:06:23. > :06:25.Helen left her beloved London in the summer of 2013 and moved
:06:26. > :06:29.to Royston with Ian Stewart and his two sons.
:06:30. > :06:32.She used to walk her little dog, Boris, here on Royston Heath
:06:33. > :06:38.and she ingratiated herself with the neighbours,
:06:39. > :06:43.hosting Christmas parties with champagne and cake.
:06:44. > :06:46.Helen Bailey became a much loved and then very much missed member
:06:47. > :06:55.They lived at Hartwell Lodge, where Helen continued
:06:56. > :06:57.to work on Planet Grief, book she had started
:06:58. > :07:04.It helped her and hundreds of others.
:07:05. > :07:11.you to my new book, which is called When Bad Things Happen
:07:12. > :07:14.Subtitled Life After Death And A Dog Called Boris.
:07:15. > :07:17.I'm going to try and get Boris to get in shot now.
:07:18. > :07:37.Helen Cox frequently wrote about Ian Stewart in her blog,
:07:38. > :07:43.referring to him as the GGHW - gorgeous grey-haired widower.
:07:44. > :07:46.She muses about their lives together but she also writes about her fear
:07:47. > :07:49.of losing Ian and how happiness can be taken away in an instant.
:07:50. > :07:52.But the gorgeous grey-haired widower killed her and her beloved dog.
:07:53. > :08:06.Helen, I'm missing you more than I ever thought possible.
:08:07. > :08:10.Please come back safe and sound from wherever you are.
:08:11. > :08:15.I didn't know what to think, or where she was.
:08:16. > :08:21.And I still find it very hard to talk about.
:08:22. > :08:25.A family friend of Ian Stewart of his late wife, Diana,
:08:26. > :08:28.told me he had seemed depressed over many years but at a recent
:08:29. > :08:30.party with Helen he said he was a different man.
:08:31. > :08:36.His friends say the man described in court was not
:08:37. > :08:39.the person they knew, but neighbours say they now have
:08:40. > :08:46.And I do not think it is ever going to go away.
:08:47. > :08:49.I think we've got to live with it all the time we're here.
:08:50. > :08:52.The Hartwell Lodge has always been a very happy home,
:08:53. > :08:59.always full of laughter and that is somehow how I'm hoping
:09:00. > :09:02.that we can put a positive side and remember Helen in the time
:09:03. > :09:14.Knowing what you know now, how do you feel about Ian Stewart?
:09:15. > :09:23.Words can't convey what I feel about him.
:09:24. > :09:26.I look at her house and the garage where she was found every day
:09:27. > :09:29.and instead of seeing Helen like I used to see, knowing
:09:30. > :09:31.that she had finished writing and went to bed at night,
:09:32. > :09:34.I now just have these awful memories of what has happened
:09:35. > :09:37.to her and I do not know, what do you say?
:09:38. > :09:47.Helen Bailey was a woman on the cusp of her happy ending.
:09:48. > :10:00.Ian Stewart betrayed her love and trust.
:10:01. > :10:04.So what drives an outwardly loving and loyal fiance
:10:05. > :10:10.Earlier I spoke to Dr Samantha Lundrigan,
:10:11. > :10:14.a criminal psychologist at Anglia Ruskin University,
:10:15. > :10:19.and asked if this kind of partner killing is particularly rare.
:10:20. > :10:24.It is quite unusual in that what we have here is not a murder
:10:25. > :10:26.in the context of an explosive domestic abuse situation,
:10:27. > :10:29.but a very premeditated and planned instrumental crime where in fact
:10:30. > :10:32.the murder was kind of instrumental or incidental to the goal,
:10:33. > :10:37.which it seems, to all intents and purposes, to have
:10:38. > :10:44.Police have also suggested he may have preyed upon Helen Bailey
:10:45. > :10:46.from the beginning, knowing she was successful.
:10:47. > :10:50.It is within the realms of possibility he could have
:10:51. > :10:55.targeted Helen through the website he met her through which was
:10:56. > :10:58.around widowed people, which is a time of vulnerability.
:10:59. > :11:01.Perhaps he convinced himself he was this loving partner
:11:02. > :11:05.who wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
:11:06. > :11:12.Police described him a narcissistic and selfish.
:11:13. > :11:14.Obviously being after someone's money is a selfish act,
:11:15. > :11:17.but what more will they mean by that term narcissistic?
:11:18. > :11:20.Well, right from the start it is clear there was only one
:11:21. > :11:22.person that mattered in this, from of the investigation starting,
:11:23. > :11:26.There was no regard for his victim, his victim's family, his own family,
:11:27. > :11:29.other people involved, right the way up until today
:11:30. > :11:32.when the verdict came out, Stewart was claiming to be innocent.
:11:33. > :11:38.And giving us this elaborate story that it was somebody else's
:11:39. > :11:48.fault and with no regard for anybody else's killings.
:11:49. > :11:56.Is there a possibility he believed it, he was deluded,
:11:57. > :12:06.He may have convinced himself, while knowing full well
:12:07. > :12:09.what he was doing, he may well have become quite comfortable with that
:12:10. > :12:12.role he was playing but I think there is no doubt that
:12:13. > :12:18.that was a role, he knew it was a role and it was a role
:12:19. > :12:21.he needed to play to try and get away with this murder.
:12:22. > :12:24.In fact, he did not play it very well and he made endless
:12:25. > :12:27.mistakes as he went through, in terms of trying to go
:12:28. > :12:31.undetected, and the result of that is this verdict.
:12:32. > :12:37.Lots of people wonder why did he kill her dog?
:12:38. > :12:39.It was tiny, it was no threat to him.
:12:40. > :12:42.Again, it was about destroying probably
:12:43. > :12:48.I think it was reported she never went anywhere without her dog,
:12:49. > :12:51.so it would have been very difficult, or more difficult
:12:52. > :12:54.to explain, why she wasn't around if the dog had been there.
:12:55. > :12:57.What will he be thinking now he has been found out, found guilty?
:12:58. > :13:01.I wonder if he may actually be thinking he is the victim.
:13:02. > :13:07.The role he was playing in this, he has convinced himself in some
:13:08. > :13:10.ways he may have been entitled to that money and even though
:13:11. > :13:12.he created the story and ruse to get away with it,
:13:13. > :13:16.actually, it is not fair he did not, and actually he is the victim.
:13:17. > :13:23.I know in court today there was a bit of the shake
:13:24. > :13:27.of the head when the verdict was read out.
:13:28. > :13:30.Again, that does not strike me as someone filled with remorse
:13:31. > :13:33.and regret for what they have done but, again, only Ian Stewart
:13:34. > :13:55.Dr Samantha Lundrigan speaking to me earlier.
:13:56. > :13:58.But we're moving on now - and a warning that the region's
:13:59. > :14:01.farmers could struggle to produce enough food - if Brexit leads
:14:02. > :14:03.to a shortage of workers from the continent.
:14:04. > :14:05.Today landowners and farmers have been to Westminster,
:14:06. > :14:07.urging MPs to make immediate guarantees to safeguard
:14:08. > :14:12.He really the only temperature farm but this man is hard at work. He is
:14:13. > :14:14.one of eight eastern Europeans employed permanently while many more
:14:15. > :14:19.joy in the summer months but Brexit may change that. -- join them. The
:14:20. > :14:27.pound is going down and I do not know how much exactly but I know it
:14:28. > :14:34.is going down. The same amount of work means less money. Robert Smith
:14:35. > :14:39.Farms 3000 acres and his crops such as potatoes and onions, are sold to
:14:40. > :14:43.big retailers. The industry is already struggling to recruit in
:14:44. > :14:49.this country and teams of seasonal migrant labourers are vital. He is
:14:50. > :14:55.already considering other options, just in case they stop coming. It's
:14:56. > :15:03.worries us and I do believe we have got to invest in new technology and
:15:04. > :15:08.in particular agriculture to make us more labour-saving and the use of
:15:09. > :15:13.robotics in the field and in our warehouse is. The Government today
:15:14. > :15:19.was asked for confirmation about the status of permanent and temporary
:15:20. > :15:23.foreign workers. The representatives of farmers and rural businesses said
:15:24. > :15:27.they are critical to the industry's success and wants the Government to
:15:28. > :15:33.take note given current recruitment problems. Given that we are already
:15:34. > :15:38.seeing and have evidence through our surveys we are seeing a shortfall in
:15:39. > :15:42.people wanting to come here. That was exacerbated after the referendum
:15:43. > :15:48.with the exchange rate and people feeling less welcome. That ask has
:15:49. > :15:53.been in for some time now and we really need an answer. A Government
:15:54. > :15:58.spokesman said supporting farmers will form an important part of our
:15:59. > :16:02.exit from the EU and the Prime Minister says she wants to protect
:16:03. > :16:08.the status of EU nationals already here. He remains positive and said
:16:09. > :16:09.he has a good life and hopes to continue his farming debris in
:16:10. > :16:14.Britain. Well, Cambridgeshire farmer
:16:15. > :16:16.Tim Breitmeyer is Deputy President of the Country Land
:16:17. > :16:18.and Business Association - and was I asked how bad the labour shortage
:16:19. > :16:34.is across the region. Dick Pound has devalued and
:16:35. > :16:39.alongside fast. -- the pound has devalued and that is the view with
:16:40. > :16:43.some eastern European they are not so welcome here any longer because
:16:44. > :16:48.of Brexit and that has put pressure on the number of migrant workers who
:16:49. > :16:53.really want to come and do the seasonal work required on farms.
:16:54. > :16:58.What have you been asking of the Government and where you reassured?
:16:59. > :17:03.We have been asking the select committee, rather than Government,
:17:04. > :17:07.we definitely do need this seasonal supply of labour from Europe and we
:17:08. > :17:15.also need a seasonal agricultural workers scheme was used to exist for
:17:16. > :17:19.Mac user, which will give us global access to labour, also as the
:17:20. > :17:23.Eastern Europeans coming in. If this is not resolved what will happen to
:17:24. > :17:29.the farming industry in a region? I think it can be resolved but if not
:17:30. > :17:33.inevitably farmers will have to look at their output. I do not suggest
:17:34. > :17:37.there will be food shortages but we might have to import more whereas in
:17:38. > :17:43.the past domestic production has provided that supply. Long-term, we
:17:44. > :17:46.must acknowledge some of those businesses will already be doing
:17:47. > :17:51.strategic planning to decide if they can afford to have the business
:17:52. > :17:55.still in the UK. This might sound a silly question, but why can't native
:17:56. > :18:03.workers do these jobs, we keep hearing unemployment is up. In
:18:04. > :18:09.Cambridge itself we have probably only 250 people on the unemployment
:18:10. > :18:13.register so there is a very small number of people available to work
:18:14. > :18:18.in the first place. We also have to accept the fact the aspirations of
:18:19. > :18:24.many people in our society is they should have a college education, go
:18:25. > :18:28.into media, technology, financial services, and perhaps because of not
:18:29. > :18:34.so many people understanding the rural countryside any more they do
:18:35. > :18:39.not see a job in agriculture as necessary that necessarily their
:18:40. > :18:43.career path, and neither do their parents, actually. -- do not see it
:18:44. > :18:48.as their career path. The opening of the beauty's largest
:18:49. > :18:54.school conversion project has been delayed for another year. -- of the
:18:55. > :18:58.nation's. It was due to open as Northampton International Academy in
:18:59. > :19:03.September but completion has been delayed 12 month due to technical
:19:04. > :19:07.problems. Pupils will be taught in temporary accommodation for one more
:19:08. > :19:11.year. It is expected to cost ?30 million and a commonly 2000 pupils.
:19:12. > :19:22.-- and accommodate 2000 pupils. Later, we will meet the board man of
:19:23. > :19:29.Northamptonshire keeping track of the region's birds.
:19:30. > :19:33.-- bird man. Tomorrow the focus is on storm Doris which has the
:19:34. > :19:35.potential to bring damaging gusts of wind in the afternoon. All the
:19:36. > :19:38.detail later. The eyes of the Formula One world
:19:39. > :19:41.were on Silverstone today for the launch of Force India's
:19:42. > :19:43.new car for 2017. The team, who are based
:19:44. > :19:45.near the Northamptonshire circuit, finished fourth in the Constructors
:19:46. > :19:47.championship last season. Our Sports Editor Jonathan Park
:19:48. > :19:52.was there to see it unveiled I am at the factory
:19:53. > :20:06.in Silverstone where they spent all winter
:20:07. > :20:08.working on the new car. They hope it will propel them up
:20:09. > :20:11.the Formula 1 grid next season. It is not this one,
:20:12. > :20:17.the real one will be unveiled a few hundred
:20:18. > :20:18.yards over there. Launches are special,
:20:19. > :20:22.a lot of hard work for the So it is the big occasion
:20:23. > :20:27.to reveal the car today. Formula 1's version of sleeping
:20:28. > :20:31.beauty in front of a room full of journalists, photographers and
:20:32. > :20:46.sponsors, waiting for Force India's Who do you represent? I appear with
:20:47. > :20:56.a press agency. We came here especially for the French market. We
:20:57. > :21:01.have a French driver and his very first season. The unveiling season
:21:02. > :21:08.is in full flow. This is the man who picks up the bills, Force India's
:21:09. > :21:12.over. Mind you, he is a billionaire. How much of a buzz do you personally
:21:13. > :21:21.get the witness is your team, your car and the drivers are paid by do,
:21:22. > :21:26.to? -- this is your team. I got into Formula 1 because I am a racing man
:21:27. > :21:33.myself so the adrenaline is always very high. Very exciting. Several
:21:34. > :21:39.teams finished above Force India last season in the constructor's
:21:40. > :21:44.championship. The handed -- the added regular Frenchman to the
:21:45. > :21:48.line-up as well as hanging onto an experienced Mexican. But every part
:21:49. > :21:55.of this VJM10 is brand-new and with the new Formula 1 rule changes it is
:21:56. > :22:00.faster due to better aerodynamics. It has expires, bigger bodywork, so
:22:01. > :22:06.I am looking forward to driving this big machine. -- big tyres. It will
:22:07. > :22:10.be very demanding, physically, mentally and the drivers will be
:22:11. > :22:16.stretched to the maximum. How quick will it be, that is the real test.
:22:17. > :22:19.We will find it -- find out in about a month when the Formula 1 season
:22:20. > :22:22.starts in Australia. It's part of a national programme
:22:23. > :22:30.to create an archive of bird populations and how
:22:31. > :22:32.they change over time. In Northamptonshire,
:22:33. > :22:34.their bird recorder is retiring, and the search is now
:22:35. > :22:38.on to find a replacement. Our reporter Stuart Ratcliffe
:22:39. > :22:40.has been to Wollaston near Wellingborough to meet
:22:41. > :22:42.Northamptonshire's In sun, snow or rain,
:22:43. > :22:46.but mostly rain. He is waiting, watching and
:22:47. > :22:50.recording Northamptonshire's birds. It is a great job because of all
:22:51. > :22:54.this information coming and we are able to monitor bird
:22:55. > :22:58.population dynamics and also how things change with different
:22:59. > :23:03.species and it also helps look at different habitat
:23:04. > :23:05.types and which areas He is at a nature reserve today
:23:06. > :23:11.where the great white And in the ten years in this job
:23:12. > :23:21.he has seen many changes. The corn bunting used to be a very
:23:22. > :23:26.common site here and it has declined dramatically and nationwide we have
:23:27. > :23:29.seen a decline of about 86% and we have only had three records
:23:30. > :23:34.in Northamptonshire this year. The county has also
:23:35. > :23:36.seen many successes, We reintroduced the red
:23:37. > :23:43.kites to Northamptonshire We were part of a pilot scheme,
:23:44. > :23:51.one of five sites in the country, It is difficult to go somewhere
:23:52. > :23:58.and not see one now. Why you think it has
:23:59. > :24:00.been so successful? The habitat requirements for them
:24:01. > :24:07.have been fully met here. They like mixed countryside
:24:08. > :24:10.with open woodlands, also agricultural land,
:24:11. > :24:13.areas where they can get in and feed because they are phenomenal
:24:14. > :24:15.scavengers and they will They are not the sort of bird that
:24:16. > :24:24.a lot of people think, they do not prey heavily
:24:25. > :24:27.on other species of bird but they do like carrion,
:24:28. > :24:29.pulling up worms, they are happy His predecessor was the county
:24:30. > :24:39.recorder for 20 years and says it is a job with a very
:24:40. > :24:42.specific skill set. You have got to be very keen
:24:43. > :24:45.on birds, quite a good communicator because you have to get
:24:46. > :24:52.on with the other birders and you encourage them to send
:24:53. > :24:56.you their records so they can be used for whatever means
:24:57. > :25:01.you want to use them for. If you do not mind the rain,
:25:02. > :25:05.have an eye for not only birds but also spreadsheets,
:25:06. > :25:14.this could well be the job for you. Not a great day out
:25:15. > :25:33.there for bird recording. Hello. There will be some lively
:25:34. > :25:39.weather conditions for the next 24 hours or so. Relatively calm at the
:25:40. > :25:44.moment and much cloudier today than yesterday. This photograph taken in
:25:45. > :25:51.Hertfordshire and another one in Northamptonshire on the wing --
:25:52. > :25:56.showing the thick cloud. We can expect an evening that is rather
:25:57. > :26:01.cloudy with further rain, some on the heavy side. Likely to persist in
:26:02. > :26:06.the evening and overnight and the wind picks up during the night was a
:26:07. > :26:13.noticeable breeze by the end of the night, but still relatively mild.
:26:14. > :26:16.Tomorrow's the focus is on Storm Doris, this deepening area of low
:26:17. > :26:22.pressure bringing some disruption to this part of the country as the Met
:26:23. > :26:28.office have issued an amber warning for many counties in the region for
:26:29. > :26:35.strong winds which could reach 60-70 mph during the afternoon rush hour.
:26:36. > :26:39.Some rain associated with this low pressure, some dryer into a good
:26:40. > :26:47.spot by lunchtime the wind starting to increase -- dryer interludes. The
:26:48. > :26:53.wind that should peak at around 3pm. It is from 3pm on what we're there
:26:54. > :27:00.could be some damaging gusts -- 3pm onwards. This proved -- could
:27:01. > :27:06.produce problems for transport. On the coast it could reach 80 mph.
:27:07. > :27:11.Quite short lived but the potential for disruption if they are so stay
:27:12. > :27:16.tuned to the forecast. It calms down somewhat by Friday. Eight, and
:27:17. > :27:20.called the with some sunny spells and then some slightly milder air
:27:21. > :27:25.but the conditions for the weekend. The focus is on tomorrow and Storm
:27:26. > :27:31.Doris. Our top story, Ian Stewart is found
:27:32. > :27:35.guilty of killing his partner, Helen Bailey, and hiding her body under
:27:36. > :27:41.the Royston home. That is all from us now. Join us
:27:42. > :27:53.again at 10:30pm. Thank you for your company.
:27:54. > :27:55.Good job, guys. We totally nailed it.
:27:56. > :28:01.This year, fundraising kits are going to be sent through the post.