Richard Satchwell: Man who buried spouse underneath stairs sentenced to lifestyles in jail

A person who killed his spouse and saved her frame hidden for years underneath the steps in their County Cork house has been sentenced to lifestyles in jail.

Tina Satchwell, who used to be 45, used to be killed by way of Richard Satchwell in March 2017.

The trial lasted virtually 5 weeks, and the jury on the Central Criminal Court took slightly below ten hours to seek out Satchwell responsible of homicide closing week.

The pass judgement on heard sufferer affect statements from Tina Satchwell’s circle of relatives prior to enforcing the required lifestyles sentence.

Speaking on Wednesday, Tina’s cousin, Sarah Howard mentioned that she used to be murdered “by someone who claimed to love her”.

“The emotional toll of her loss is something I will carry with me always,” she mentioned.

Tina’s half-sister Lorraine Howard mentioned the way in which Tina used to be buried in plastic in her own residence “sends shivers down my spine every time I think about it”.

“I will never be able to forgive Richard Satchwell for what he has done.”

Days after the homicide, Satchwell reported his spouse lacking and lied about what came about to her.

In October 2023, gardaí (Irish police) returned to the couple’s house in Youghal for an extra seek the place they discovered her frame buried in a makeshift grave.

Satchwell seemed in court docket on Wednesday in a gentle blue blouse.

His barrister informed the court docket that he intends to enchantment, and that he “never intended to kill Tina”.

Mr Grehan additionally mentioned that Satchwell mentioned: “Despite anything he said in the trial, Tina was a lovely person.”