The Michaela McAreavey murder trial could have collapsed six weeks into the hearing evidence.

Many families meet great loss through accident,violence or an unexpected illness. Some can, when this terrible moment arrives, circle the wagons and take refuge in the privacy most families are lucky enough to enjoy.

The family of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey and the people of Ireland would not want innocent men convicted of her murder, defence lawyers have told jurors.

Grotesque theories that pointed the finger at the widower of Michaela Mc-Areavey during the trial of the men accused of her murder were an insult to her memory, a prosecutor said.

A verdict is anticipated next week in the trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

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 hotel worker accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey has been branded a serial liar who has invented stories to support his alibi — even as he insisted he had never met her.

It was one of the few times spaces appeared on the usually packed wooden benches at the back of Courtroom 5.

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

The clock showed it was nearing 25 minutes since anyone else had spoken.

The widower of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey called out at the trial of two men accused of her murder to brand a defence lawyer a liar.

The lawyer had earlier told the jury there was no room for emotions in the trial.

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.

Honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was strangled during a violent struggle in her hotel room that lasted about two minutes, the trial of the men accused of her murder has heard.

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.

From the outset, it was clear the police witness was not going to be backward in coming forward.

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.

A policeman has denied claims that he grabbed one of the men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey and held his head under water during interrogation.

No fingerprint tests were carried out on a purse found in the room where Michaela McAreavey was murdered during an alleged botched burglary, a police officer has told the court in Mauritius.

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.

John McAreavey came face to face with the man accused of murdering his wife in the hours before she was found dead, he told a court 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.

Court proceedings might have been in an unfamiliar tongue, but the loved ones of Michaela McAreavey still did not want them drowned out.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

POLICE inspector Ranjit Jokhoo never suspected John McAreavey after the death of his wife Michaela during their honeymoon in Mauritius in January, it emerged yesterday.

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.