There was no DNA from the two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey found on her body or at the crime scene in Mauritius, a court has heard.

A policeman remained silent when asked what he did with one of the men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey the morning after the crime.

A hotel worker who confessed to murdering Michaela McAreavey had his head held under water and was almost suffocated with a towel during interrogation, a court heard today.

DEFENCE counsels for two suspects in the Michaela Harte murder trial, Avinash Treebhoowon and Sandip Mooneea, said their clients had told investigators at the start of the police investigation that they had nothing to do with the murder.