1 week ago Chef had leg ‘mostly severed’ in sword attack over debt dispute, murder trial told

Dylan Scannell charged with murder of Ian Baitson in Eurospar car park in Cobh, Co Cork, in March 2024

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1 week ago Jury in Richard Satchwell trial told they can consider self defence

Richard Satchwell (58) has pleaded not guilty to murdering his 45-year-old wife, Tina Satchwell, at their home in Youghal, Co Cork, in March 2017

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1 week ago Richard Satchwell trial jury told to consider verdict with an ‘open and independent mind’

Judge tells jurors they must remain impassive despite aspects of the evidence that are ‘unseemly’ and ‘perhaps shocking’

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1 week ago Richard Satchwell trial jury told it can consider when death was case of self

Judge tells jurors they must remain impassive despite aspects of the evidence that are ‘unseemly’ and ‘perhaps shocking’

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2 w. ago 'Very strange': Tina Satchwell's cousin says murder accused offered her freezer he used to store body

The witness began to cry as she told the trial jury that Richard Satchwell wouldn't 'be the kind to just give stuff'

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2 w. ago Tina Satchwell's cause of death unclear due to skeletal nature of remains, court hears

Tina Satchwell's cause of death could not be determined due to the skeletal nature of her remains after they were found buried beneath her Cork home, the Assistant State Pathologist has told the Richard Satchwell murder trial

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3 w. ago Gardaí told Richard Satchwell his 'story' on his wife's death had 'come apart', murder trial hears

His trial also heard that Richard Satchwell told gardai that if they produced any photographs of his wife’s body in interview, he would not look at them.

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3 w. ago Gardaí told Richard Satchwell description of wife Tina's death 'didn't make sense', trial hears

Satchwell was arrested for the murder of his wife in October 2023

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell told gardaí he was 'sick' with what he'd done, murder trial hears

Satchwell was arrested for the murder of his wife in October 2023

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell trial: ‘I wanted her to know the hand that killed her was also the hand that loved her’

Truck driver said he felt ‘shame, panic’ after incident

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell trial: Accused told gardaí he held and kissed wife after holding bathrobe belt to her neck

Truck driver said he felt ‘shame, panic’ after incident

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell trial: data shows most concealed female domestic homicides are hidden in or within 1km of their homes, jury told

Decomposed remains of Tina Satchwell were wrapped in a blanket and retrieved from ‘very deep’ grave site under home, trial told

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell trial: Jury told most female domestic homicides within 1km of their homes

Decomposed remains of Tina Satchwell were wrapped in a blanket and retrieved from ‘very deep’ grave site under home, trial told

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4 w. ago BBC had multiple sources corroborating claims about Gerry Adams, defamation trial told

BBC Spotlight programme lacked sufficient editorial veracity to be published, witness called by Adams’s team tells court

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