Killer dentist Colin Howell’s sprawling mansion is up for sale - complete with a fishing lake and seven acres of land.
Howell confessed to his and lover Hazel Stewart’s callous crimes 18 years later in the property on the outskirts of Castlerock, Co Derry, which is being offered for a knockdown £300,000.
And it is where he hosted prayer meetings and raised his family with second wife, American Kyle Jorgensen.
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The money from the sale of the four bedroom, four reception house is expected to be used to compensate victims of Howell’s heinous sex attacks at his Ballymoney dentistry clinic.
The estate agent selling the property describes it as a “fantastic family home” with “easy access” to nearby towns and villages - including Castlerock where Howell dumped his victims’ bodies in a mock suicide scene.
On the night of 18 to 19 May 1991 – his son’s second birthday – Howell gassed his wife Lesley, 31, and put her in the boot of his estate car.
After driving past a police patrol, he arrived at the home of police officer Trevor Buchanan.
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Howell then gassed and throttled Mr Buchanan, 33, with the help of his blonde lover.
A source told Belfast Live: “Howell was bankrupted and a receiver moved in.
“They are gathering his assets to pay his creditors, tax bills, and money for victims and anybody else.”
The sales brochure says the house has “generous electrical specification, wired for sound, UK and American power points throughout” - ideal for Kyle when she lived there before Howell’s bombshell confession in 2009.
The description reads: “This magnificent country residence which offers extensive family accommodation is situated on the outskirts of Castlerock with lake and private mature site extending to approximately seven acres.
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“It has outstanding sea views and overlooks the surrounding countryside.
“This property offers the potential purchaser a home with well laid out accommodation.”
Howell won’t get a penny of the sale from the property as it was seized along with the rest of his assets.
Earlier this week a former Coleraine mayor was reported as saying the house could be used as a macabre tourist attraction.
Speaking at a recent planning committee meeting of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Sam Cole was said to have suggested the house could become a destination for “murder tourists”.
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The comments were reportedly made during a discussion on a neighbour’s planning application.
It has now emerged the Howell house will be changing hands in the future - opening up a range of possibilities for its use.
Belfast Live recently revealed how Howell also lost his half-a-million-pound pension due to the sick sex acts he carried out on drugged patients at his Co Antrim clinic.
Howell - who is currently serving a life sentence - was denied a total of £587,526.27.
A source close to Howell said he had just one regret about confessing to his crimes - trusting Kyle to stand by him.
He believed she would support him when he finally held his hands up to the callous killings, 18 years later.
The 1991 murders were portrayed in controversial ITV drama series, The Secret.
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