Mary Carolan

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mary Carolan

Lawyers for Richard Satchwell unsuccessfully tried to have the murder charge against him withdrawn and substituted with manslaughter in the fourth week of the trial. Mr Justice Paul McDermott rejected arguments from Satchwell’s defence team – made at the end of the evidence and in the absence of the jury – there was no evidence on which the jury could safely find Satchwell had the necessary legal intention for murder, to kill or cause serious injury to his wife, Tina.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mary Carolan

“Red flags” emerged soon after the disappearance of Tina Satchwell that were “simply ignored” by gardaí, the murder trial of her husband Richard Satchwell heard. Concerns about the Garda investigation into Ms Satchwell’s disappearance were raised in the closing stages of the murder trial of her 58-year-old husband.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mary Carolan

For more than six years after the disappearance of his wife Tina, Richard Satchwell painted a picture of himself as a devoted husband cowed by a controlling and sporadically violent wife. The 58-year-old lorry driver stuck to that account after the skeletal remains of his 45-year-old wife were found in a grave under the stairs of their home in a metre-deep grave on October 11th, 2023 and throughout his trial. He never laid a hand on her throughout their relationship, he insisted.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mary Carolan

A jury has resumed considering its verdict in the trial at the Central Criminal Court of Richard Satchwell, who denies the murder of his wife at their Co Cork home. The skeletal remains of Tina Satchwell were found under the couple’s home in Youghal in October 2023, more than six years after her husband reported her missing. Mr Satchwell (58), a lorry driver, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife (45) at No 3 Grattan Street, Youghal, on March 19th and 20th, 2017.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Mary Carolan

A jury will return to court on Friday to resume considering its verdict in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies the murder of his wife at their Co Cork home. The skeletal remains of Tina Satchwell were found under the couple’s home in October 2023, more than six years after her husband reported her missing. Mr Satchwell (58), a lorry driver, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his 45-year-old wife Tina at their home at No 3 Grattan Street, Youghal, on March 19th and 20th, 2017.