Convicted murderer dentist Colin Howell has been sentenced to five and a half years for indecently assaulting five of his female patients while they were under sedation.
The former lay preacher, already serving 21 years for murdering his wife and his ex-lover’s husband, pleaded guilty to 12 charges of taking advantage of the women over four years between 2004 and 2008.
He groped and fondled some as he helped them down the stairs of his practice in Ballymoney, while he placed the hand of another on his groin while she lay unconscious on the chair.
A number had asked to be heavily sedated because they had a phobia about dental treatments. – (PA)