4 d. ago Man’s appeal bid over double murder conviction delayed after judge forgets he heard original trial

Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he ‘should have remembered’ hearing trial of Jason O’Driscoll in 2017

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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 Marek Puska ‘logically inferred’ his brother had murdered Ashling Murphy, trial hears

Two of Jozef Puska’s brothers and their partners are on trial for helping him after he committed the murder

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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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2 w. ago Tina Satchwell's cause of death could not be determined due to skeletal nature of remains, trial hears

The court heard a dressing gown belt had been knotted to the front of Tina’s chest in a ‘very unusual position’, which the Assistant State Pathologist said is often used for carrying a body.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s either him or me’: Woman (34) jailed for murdering abusive partner as he slept

Trial of Julie Ann McIlwaine (34) in Belfast heard she was bullied, assaulted by James Joseph Crossley

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2 w. ago Gardaí deny Richard Satchwell was forced to do ‘perp walk’ after he was charged with murdering wife

Trial hears members of press tweeted accused was going to be charged before gardaí had actually done so

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell claimed to doctor after wife went missing that she had assaulted him on ‘multiple occasions’

Accused man (58), of Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Tina Satchwell (45) in 2017

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell claimed after wife went missing she had assaulted him

Accused man (58), of Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Tina Satchwell (45) in 2017

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell claimed after wife went missing that she had assaulted him

Accused man (58), of Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Tina Satchwell (45) in 2017

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3 w. ago ‘I want to remember Tina the way she was, not the way I made her’: Richard Satchwell trial hears garda interview with accused

Richard Satchwell (58), Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Tina Satchwell (45)

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3 w. ago ‘I want to remember Tina the way she was, not the way I made her’: Richard Satchwell trial hears garda interview

Richard Satchwell (58), Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Tina Satchwell (45)

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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 Murder accused Richard Satchwell cut dressing gown belt so he could hold dead wife, court hears

Richard Satchwell told detectives investigating the murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, that he wanted her arms around him after she died.

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

Murder accused told gardaí he was not trying to ‘bullsh*t’ them

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