A truck driver discovered responsible of murdering his spouse, whose stays had been discovered below the steps at their residence in Eire, has been sentenced to life in jail.
Richard Satchwell, initially from Leicester, had denied the homicide of Tina Satchwell on a date between 19 March and 20 March 2017.
Her skeletal stays had been found on the Co Cork property in October 2023, six years after her husband reported her lacking.
Throughout his five-week trial, jurors heard from greater than 50 witnesses, together with cops concerned within the investigation.
Police had found Mrs Satchwell’s stays buried below the steps in the lounge of their residence. Her badly decomposed physique was wrapped in a dirty sheet and lined with a black plastic sheet.
She was sporting pyjamas with a dressing robe, with the belt of the robe wrapped round her.
A state pathologist stated she couldn’t set up the precise reason for loss of life due to how decomposed the physique was.
Throughout police interviews, Satchwell, 58, stated that on the morning of 20 March 2017 he discovered his spouse standing on the backside of the steps with a chisel in her hand, scraping off the plasterboard, and claimed she got here at him with the article and he fell again on to the ground.
He stated Mrs Satchwell tried to stab him a number of occasions with the chisel and he grabbed her clothes and restrained her by placing the belt of the gown in opposition to her neck.
Tina Satchwell. Pic: Household Handout/PA
Satchwell stated that in a really brief time period she went limp and fell into his arms.
He stated he put her physique on the couch in the lounge, earlier than transferring her to the chest freezer after which burying her below the steps.
Kinfolk of Mrs Satchwell wept because the responsible verdict was returned on Friday 30 Might.
Satchwell didn’t react because the unanimous verdict was learn to the Central Legal Court docket in Dublin.
Following the sentencing, the household of Tina Satchwell described her as a form and delicate girl who cherished animals.
Tina’s cousin, Sarah Howard stated that Mrs Satchwell was murdered “by somebody who claimed to like her”.
“The emotional toll of her loss is one thing I’ll carry with me all the time,” she stated.
Her half-sister Lorraine Howard stated the best way Mrs Satchwell was buried in plastic in her own residence “sends shivers down my backbone each time I give it some thought”.
“I’ll by no means be capable of forgive Richard Satchwell for what he has executed.”
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