A hotel worker who claims he was phoning his sister when Michaela McAreavey was killed actually called her to ask advice after committing the murder, a prosecutor has alleged.

A hotel worker who alleges he was beaten into confessing to the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has been challenged to explain why two doctors apparently found no sign of any injuries on him.

A man accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey broke down in court after claiming he was tortured by police during interrogation.

The prosecution has closed its case against the two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey after the defendants and jurors visited the Mauritian hotel where the honeymooner was found dead.

The identity of a couple apparently rowing in the hotel where honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was strangled is no longer an issue in the trial of two men accused of her murder, the judge has told jurors.

Management at the hotel where Michaela McAreavey was murdered failed to cooperate properly with police and were more concerned with damage to its reputation than catching the killer, a court has heard.

One of the men accused of the murder of Michaela McAreavey allegedly traded favours for a hotel access card that would allow him to steal from guests, his trial has heard.

The widower of newlywed Michaela McAreavey could return to the witness box to change evidence he gave to the trial of two men accused of her murder.

Michaela McAreavey’s husband told of how his life ended the day he found her dead in their hotel room in Mauritius.

A hotel cleaner who has implicated two men on trial for murdering Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has been accused of lying in court.

Two hotel workers accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius watched on as her husband cried out for someone to save his bride, their trial has heard.

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.

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.

Michaela McAreavey’s fairytale marriage was brutally ended by two thieves she caught red-handed in her bedroom, a court in Mauritius has been told.

Two hotel workers accused of murdering the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte while she honeymooned in Mauritius will go on trial this week.

THE preliminary inquiry into the murder of Michaela Harte in Mauritius in January has found there is enough evidence to send forward two suspects for trial for her killing.

A MAN accused of murdering Michaela Harte previously admitted he and another man killed her, a preliminary enquiry into her death heard yesterday.

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.