Police fabricated a confession made by one of the two hotel workers accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius and then forced him to sign it, his trial was told.

Police failed to interview a series of potential witnesses in the aftermath of Michaela McAreavey’s murder, a senior officer has admitted in court.

Police breached the constitutional rights of a hotel worker accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius by interrogating him without a lawyer present, his trial was told today.

One of the men accused of murdering Michaela Mc-Areavey was told by police his own wife would be taken from him and given to the honeymooner’s widower if he did not confess, his trial in Mauritius was told.

Chief Inspector Luciano Gerard, who led the investigation into the murder of Michaela McAreavey, faced almost three hours of intensive cross examination on whether he and his officers tortured one of the men accused.

One of the men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey was told by police his own wife would be taken from him and given to the honeymooner's widower if he did not confess, his trial in Mauritius was told.

A defence lawyer who dramatically quit the trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has been allowed to give evidence as a witness.

The trial of the two hotel workers accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey descended into near farce as a lawyer dramatically withdrew from the case and signalled his intent to appear as a witness.

It was not just like a closing line from a Hollywood movie… it actually was one.

Michaela McAreavey’s desperate last moments as she fought for her life were outlined in a graphic confession statement read out at the trial of the two men accused of her murder.

The trial of two hotel workers accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey has been rocked after a lawyer dramatically withdrew from the case and signalled his intent to appear as a witness.

In a dramatic development in the Michaela McAreavey murder trial today, a defence lawyer for one of the two accused said he was withdrawing from the case.

A detailed confession statement given to police by one of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was read at his trial in Mauritius today.

THE evidence of two key witnesses in the Michaela Harte case will be heard on Wednesday after legal argument disrupted proceedings yesterday.

A DOCTOR has told how he arrived in a Mauritius hotel room to find the body of murdered Tyrone woman Michaela Harte lying on the floor near the bathroom.