Interview with crying Richard Satchwell appealing for Tina's return in 2017 shown in court during murder trial

The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell have viewed further video clips of the accused making media appeals about his wife Tina months after he is alleged to have murdered her and buried her in a shallow grave beneath their Cork home, with the defendant telling TV3 News viewers he “never laid a finger on her" when asked whether he had killed her.

Mr Satchwell also told the media outlet that he was "innocent of any wrongdoing", when asked by Paul Byrne of TV3 News in July 2017 whether he was an innocent man.

The UK truck driver also told Mr Byrne on that date: "One day my wife will turn back up or she will get in touch with gardaí, one way or another it will all come out and in time will prove I've done nothing wrong".

When Mr Satchwell was asked by Barry Cummins of Prime Time Investigates in January 2018 what his message was to his wife, Mr Satchwell said: "I want you to get in touch... I believe somebody is out there that does know where she is because she didn't get up and leave without some help from somebody".

The Central Criminal Court jury has heard that on March 24, 2017, Mr Satchwell told gardaí that his wife had left their home four days earlier but that he had no concerns over her welfare, feeling she had left due to a deterioration in their relationship.

The accused formally reported Tina missing the following May but her body was not discovered for over six years, when gardaí found her decomposed remains in a grave that had been dug underneath the stairs of her home.

In her opening address on Tuesday, Gerardine Small SC, prosecuting, told the jury that after the body was recovered, Mr Satchwell told gardaí that he lost his footing and fell to the ground when his wife tried to stab him with a chisel. 

He told detectives that he held her weight off with a belt but that in a matter of seconds, she was dead in his arms.

Mr Satchwell (58), with an address at Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty to murdering his 45-year-old wife Tina Satchwell - nee Dingivan - at that address between March 19 and March 20, 2017, both dates inclusive.

The trial has heard there are a total of 14 open sourced media clips for the jury to watch.

The first media interview played today was with Paul Byrne from TV3 News from July 14, 2017, where the accused said he had been with his wife for 28 years and had "never lifted a finger to her" during that time.

Mr Satchwell said: "If I was asked to take a lie detector test I'd take one, my house was searched with my knowledge and gardaí didn't find anything to suggest anything untoward".

The next interview played was a media appeal from Crimecall on RTÉ from July 25, 2017, where Mr Satchwell can be seen crying and appealing for Tina to come home. 

"Nobody is mad at you, the pets are missing you, just ring the guards, let people know you're alright," he said.

Another media interview played to the jury was again with Paul Byrne of TV3 News from November 20, 2017, where the accused said "never once in 30 years that we have been together have I laid a finger on her, most I've done is loving the bones off her".

When asked if he had killed Tina, Mr Satchwell said he had "never laid a finger" on her.

Mr Satchwell told Barry Cummins of Prime Time Investigates in January 2018 that he did not believe Tina was dead and he "truly believed" she was out there somewhere and could be found.

Another media interview played to the jury was with Paul Byrne of TV3 News on March 7, 2018 at Mitchell's Wood in Castlemartyr, when a garda search was taking place. 

Asked how difficult it was to come to the woods that day, Mr Satchwell said he felt sick driving down from Youghal that morning and the "one thing" that was "racing through" his mind was that his wife "could be behind them barriers".

In another radio interview on CRY104FM in Youghal from March 10, 2018, the accused said if his wife walked in the door he would throw his arms around her and "collapse on the floor with relief".

Asked about his feelings should the "worst case scenario" happen and he found out Tina "had passed", Mr Satchwell said: "I'd be no more, I'd be no good to anybody".

The trial continues this afternoon before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury of five men and seven women, when media interviews with the accused will continue to be played to the jury.