Man held over wife's murder says 'guilty or not guilty – guilty'

Murder accused Richard Satchwell replied “guilty or not guilty – guilty” when he was arrested by Irish police who were investigating the death of his wife, Tina, a jury has heard. The jury

in Satchwell’s trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard details of the former Leicester resident's arrest on October 13, 2023, after the remains of his wife, Tina were

found under the stairs in the living room of their County Cork home. The jury also heard that the murder accused had claimed he had been attacked by his wife in the past, describing her as a

“street angel, house devil” to an acquaintance the week after she disappeared in 2017, six years before her body was found under the living room stairs of their home. READ MORE: POTHOLE

BLAMED FOR DRINK-DRIVER SWERVING AROUND IN NARBOROUGH ROAD Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife between March 19 and 20, 2017 - about two months

before he reported her missing to the police. He was arrested years later in October 2023, after her body was found. He denies the charge and is on trial for murder. The latest witness at

the trial, Detective David Kelleher, said that after he arrested Satchwell for murder and he was cautioned. He said Satchwell replied: “Guilty or not guilty, guilty.” The jury also heard

evidence from family friend John Keoghan that Tina Satchwell had told him she had “one man, one man only”, at a car boot sale just hours before she was allegedly murdered by her husband. Mrs

Satchwell told Mr Keoghan that she loved her husband “so much” at the event on March 19, 2017. Mr Keoghan said Mrs Satchwell was a “very nice person” who was well dressed and liked to wear

expensive clothes. He said he knew the victim as he had married a woman who grew up close to where Mrs Satchwell lived. Mr Keoghan said that on the last day he saw her, she had bought a

jacket and perfume and he had joked that she must have been meeting someone that night. He said Mrs Satchwell had replied that she loved her husband so much and that she would never touch

another man. The following week, on March 26, 2017, he met Satchwell at another car boot sale in Castletownroche. He claimed that after asking where his wife was, Satchwell told him that Mrs

Satchwell was a “street angel, house devil”, alleging that she had been violent, had knocked his teeth out and that she had since left him. The witness gave evidence that Satchwell told him

he had been beaten by his wife the previous week. “I said she wouldn’t hurt a child,” he added. Another witness, Angela Sheehan, told the trial she knew Mrs Satchwell from attending the

local swimming pool. She said: “She was a lovely girl, pleasant to talk to, bubbly and good for a laugh." The trial continues.