A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of two hotel workers accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

A jury is expected to retire today to consider its verdicts in the trial of two hotel workers accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

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.

Police should reopen the investigation into the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius so the real culprit can be found, a lawyer for one of two men accused of the crime has told their trial.

Two hotel workers showed a killing instinct by brutally murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey when they could have just walked away, their trial has been told today.

A verdict is anticipated next week in the trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius after the final pieces of evidence were presented to the jury.

The final defence witness has testified in the trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

A man accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has told a court he was making a telephone call at the time she died.

Police investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey have diced with justice and risked the reputation of Mauritius by accusing a man who could not have physically committed the crime, his trial was warned.

Looking directly at the jurors, Rama Valayden raised his right hand and slapped himself hard on both cheeks.

Police investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey have diced with justice and risked the reputation of Mauritius by accusing a man who could not have physically committed the crime, his trial was warned.

The father of one of the men on trial for murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has been accused of lying in the witness box to save his son.

The judge in the trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has thanked jurors for their patience after proceedings were hit by another delay.

The trial of two men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has been hit with another delay.

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 in Mauritius has been branded a serial liar who has invented stories to support his alibi.

A man accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has told a court he had no choice but to sign an admission after police allegedly threatened to lock up his parents and deport his wife.

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

A hotel worker accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has insisted he was elsewhere in the resort when she died.

One of the men accused of murdering honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius is due to testify in his own defence today.

The widower of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey accused a lawyer for one of the men on trial for her murder of lying as he opened the case for the defence.

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

Honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was strangled during a violent struggle in her hotel room that lasted around two minutes, a court in Mauritius has heard.

A dirty game played by management at the luxury hotel where Michaela McAreavey was murdered led to her husband being arrested as a suspect, a senior police chief has told a court in Mauritius.

A hotel worker accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey called for a doctor when the honeymooner’s body was discovered, his trial in Mauritius has heard.

The widower of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey will not return to the witness box to give additional evidence to the trial of two men accused of the crime, a court in Mauritius was told.

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.

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

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

A hotel worker who claims he saw the two men accused of murdering a honeymooner leave the crime scene was drinking tea and joking with one of the defendants an hour later, a court in Mauritius has heard.

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.

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

A hotel worker has described in court the moment he claims he heard Michaela McAreavey scream out as she was being murdered in Mauritius.

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.

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.

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.

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 husband of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was described as a suspect in police logs in the hours after she was found dead, a court in Mauritius has heard.

The husband of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey was described as a suspect in police logs in the hours after she was found dead, a court in Mauritius has heard.