MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly admitted to gardaí that he had possession of the mobile phone that placed him close to the scene where his wife Rachel was battered to death.

Murder accused Joe O'Reilly told gardaí that he had his phone with him all day on the day his wife Rachel died, the jury in the Central Criminal Court trial heard today.

JOE O’REILLY’S first words to his murdered wife when her body was discovered were: “Jesus, Rachel — what did you do?”

The marriage of Joe and Rachel O'Reilly was not a happy one, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The mother of murdered Rachel O'Reilly told a jury in the Central Criminal Court today that she was first person to discover her daughter's body.