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Tina Satchwell’s husband Richard (53) due in court in connection with her murder

Satchwell, a truck driver, was arrested at 12 noon last Thursday in Youghal and questioned at Cobh Garda Station

Ralph Riegel

Yesterday at 19:31

A MAN arrested by Gardaí in connection with the murder of Tina Satchwell (45) is due to appear before a court sitting in Tipperary tomorrow.

Richard Satchwell (53), Tina’s husband of 26 years, was arrested by Gardaí in Youghal on Thursday, minutes after the State Pathologist had confirmed that remains found hidden in a property in the east Cork seaside town were human.

Tonight gardai said: “The man, aged in in his 50s, arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of Tina Satchwell, has been charged.

“He will appear before a special sitting of Cashel District Court at 10:30am tomorrow morning, Saturday, 14th October 2023.”

Dental records have since confirmed that the skeletal remains found hidden under a concrete floor and behind a blocked-up wall beneath a stairwell in the house were those of Tina who vanished without trace in March 2017.

Forensic and pathology tests are still ongoing to try to determine Tina’s precise cause of death – and how long her remains were hidden in the area underneath the concrete and block-up wall.