Richard Satchwell is further remanded in custody following court appearance 

A man in his fifties who is charged with the murder of his wife has been further remanded in custody having appeared at Clonmel District Court in Co Tipperary this morning.

Richard Satchwell, who is originally from Leicester in the UK but was living in Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, was charged with the murder of Tina Satchwell at a special sitting of Cashel District Court last Saturday. The alleged offence occurred on March 20th, 2017.

Ms Satchwell, nee Dingivan, was reported missing six years ago last March. 

The missing persons case was upgraded to a murder investigation last week. 

The remains of the 45-year-old were found buried in her home by gardaí searching the property last Wednesday.

Mr Satchwell (57) did not speak during the short hearing by video link from prison at Clonmel Court this morning. 

He was wearing a grey tracksuit.

Sgt Tom O’Brien made an application to have Mr Satchwell remanded in custody to appear before the court again on November 7. 

Sgt O’Brien told Judge Cephas Power that the remand was consented to by the defendant and his solicitor Eddie Burke who was represented by local solicitor Aidan Leahy.

Judge Power remanded Mr Satchwell in custody to appear before the court again on November 7 next. 

Gardaí are awaiting DPP instructions in the case.

Tina Satchwell was a native of St Bernard’s Place in Fermoy, Co Cork who was living in Youghal at the time of her death. She was reported missing in March of 2017. 

After she was reported missing gardaí followed 400 lines of inquiry, watched hundreds of hours of CCTV and took witness statements from 170 people. 

A major sea and land search was carried out by gardaí following her disappearance.

In March of this year on the sixth anniversary of Tina’s disappearance, gardaí issued a renewed appeal for information in a bid to locate her.

Tina Satchwell would have turned fifty last year. She hailed from a family of eight and is survived by her siblings. Vigils in her memory have been held in Youghal and Fermoy.