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Richard Satchwell was 'flogging' wife's clothes at car boot sale weeks after alleged murder, witnesses tell trial
Summary
Richard Satchwell, aged 58, is on trial for the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell, aged 45, who disappeared on 24 March 2017. He told Gardaí that Tina had left the house four days earlier, had taken €26 000 from their savings, and was in the UK with her sister. He claimed to have kept her body in a freezer before burying it under their home. In October 2023 Gardaí found her decomposed remains in a grave beneath the stairs. Witnesses said Satchwell was selling Tina's clothes at car‑boot sales weeks after her disappearance, including a "flogging" of her items. He also posted a Done Deal advert for a free chest freezer days after the alleged murder. The trial is before Mr Justice Paul McDermott with a jury of five men and seven women. He has pleaded not guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Richard Satchwell was 'flogging' wife's clothes at car boot sale weeks after alleged murder, witnesses tell trial. Charges or matters: murdering his 45-year-old wife Tina Satchwell – nee Dingivan – at that address between March 19 and March 20, 2017, both dates inclusive. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- March 24, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 2023 Other
- March 2017 Other
- August 10 2017 Other
- March 31, 2017 Other
- April 17, 2017 Other
- April 2017 Other
- October 10 2023 Incident
- March 19 2017 Incident
- March 20 2017 Other
- March 24 Other
- March 19 Other
- March 20, 2017 Other
- 2025-05-08 Publication
Why: 49am on March 31, 2017 which read: "Large chest freezer free to take away, working perfect just needs a clean only, giving away because I need the space". CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: murdering his 45-year-old wife Tina Satchwell – nee Dingivan – at that address between March 19 and March 20, 2017, both dates inclusive (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Grattan Street
- Grattan Street
- Youghal
- brought him to Cobh Garda Station
- Cobh
Topics
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