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4 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Alison O'Riordan
The brother of a man who murdered their ailing 58-year-old mother has told the Central Criminal Court that “someone who should have protected” her had instead taken her life in the “most cruel, violent and sadistic way possible”. In a victim impact statement on Tuesday, Angela Canavan’s son Keith Canavan said his brother Nigel did not just take their mother’s life, but had also tried to take her dignity in the way he had killed her “using the one method she feared the most”.
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4 days ago | 
courtsnewsireland.ie | Alison O'Riordan
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1 week ago | 
rte.ie | Alison O'Riordan |Brian Kavanagh
By Alison O'Riordan & Brian Kavanagh, Ireland International News AgencyTina Satchwell never lived to see how the ashes of her terrier dog 'Heidi' were lovingly stored in a miniature casket with an engraved plaque, nor how a certificate attested that the animal had been cremated "with the utmost care and respect".
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1 week ago | 
independent.ie | Ralph Riegel |Alison O'Riordan |Eoin Reynolds
What the jury didn't hear in the Richard Satchwell murder trial - including the last-ditch bid to have them discharged over judge's remarks English truck driver Richard Satchwell convicted of the murder of his wife Tina Ralph Riegel, Alison O'Riordan and Eoin Reynolds Today at 15:46 The jury in the Richard Satchwell murder trial were never told of his repeated legal bids to have the murder charge against him dropped, to prevent them from hearing his response to gardaí after being charged and,...
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1 week ago | 
thejournal.ie | Alison O'Riordan
THE FAMILY Of Tina Satchwell, who was murdered by her husband and buried in a secret grave beneath the stairs of their home, has said that their “precious sister, cousin, auntie and daughter” was portrayed in a way during the trial that was “not true to who she was”. Speaking outside the Criminal Courts of Justice building today after Richard Satchwell was found guilty of murdering his wife of 25 years, Tina’s half-sister, Lorraine Howard, made a statement on behalf of the family.
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1 week ago | 
sundayworld.com | Eamon Dillon |Alison O'Riordan
Speaking outside the Criminal Courts of Justice building today after Richard Satchwell was found guilty of murdering his wife of 25 years, Tina Satchwell's half-sister, Lorraine Howard, made a statement on behalf of the family. Ms Satchwell's cousin Sarah Howard also said a few words. Members of the Howard family (Lorraine Howard, centre, in red jacket and Sarah Howard in denim jacket) speak to the press after the conviction of Richard Satchwell for the murder of his wife Tina.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ie | Ralph Riegel |Alison O'Riordan |Eoin Reynolds
Last-ditch bid to have jury discharged over judge’s closing remarks – and everything else jurors didn’t hear in Richard Satchwell murder trial English truck driver Richard Satchwell convicted of the murder of his wife Tina Ralph Riegel, Alison O'Riordan and Eoin Reynolds Today at 15:46 The jury in the Richard Satchwell murder trial were never told of his repeated legal bids to have the murder charge against him dropped, to prevent them from hearing his response to gardaí after being charged...
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1 week ago | 
rte.ie | Alison O'Riordan |Eoin Reynolds
by Alison O'Riordan & Eoin Reynolds, Ireland International News AgencyRichard Satchwell's trial was initially scheduled to sit in his home county of Cork but due to the "intense publicity" surrounding the case, his lawyers applied late last year to move the trial to the capital. The move was resisted by the State, who pointed out that much of the publicity was generated by Satchwell himself.
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1 week ago | 
limerickleader.ie | Alison O'Riordan
Richard Satchwell, who kept his wife's body in a secret grave beneath their home for six years while lying to her family and the "people of Ireland" about her disappearance, has been found guilty of her murder by a Central Criminal Court jury. The 12 jurors took nine hours and 28 minutes over four days to convict Satchwell, a British national whose date of birth is 16/06/1966 and is shortly due to turn 59 years old.
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1 week ago | 
sundayworld.com | Alison O'Riordan
LATEST | The panel of five men and seven women began considering their verdict at 3.05pm on Tuesday afternoon and have so far spent a total of eight hours and 37 minutes deliberating in their jury roomRichard Satchwell and Tina Satchwell (inset)Today at 17:35The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife before hiding her remains beneath their Cork home, will continue their deliberations into a fourth day at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow.
