Satchwell jury to begin fourth day of deliberating tomorrow

The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife before hiding her remains beneath their Cork home, will continue their deliberations into a fourth day at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow morning.

The panel of five men and seven women began considering their verdict at 3.05pm on Tuesday afternoon and have so far spent a total of eight hours and 37 minutes deliberating in their jury room in the Criminal Courts of Justice building.

The jury returned to the courtroom at 3.46pm today and a note was handed up to the judge from the foreman. The note said the panel would like to cease their deliberations for the evening and return to the Central Criminal Court on Friday at 11.30am to resume.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott told the 12 jurors there was "no difficulty about that".

Before sending the jury out to begin their deliberations on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Justice McDermott asked them to consider all the evidence in the case. He said if he had omitted any piece of evidence, they should "go on what's important" to them.

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