Widower John McAreavey broke down in court today as he described the moment he found his new bride strangled in their hotel room in Mauritius.

The angry exchanges on the fourth day of the trial of two men for the murder of Michaela McAreavey developed after police Sergeant Govinder Ramasawmy told the court that he gave a “sex guide” manual to husband John three days after his wife was killed, along with 12 other possessions from their room in the luxury hotel.

Lawyers clashed this morning at the trial of two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey after defence counsel attempted to delve into the private lives of her and her husband.

One of the men charged with murdering Michaela McAreavey alleges that police tried to suffocate him with a towel and held his head in a bucket of water while he was interrogated, a court in Mauritius heard today.

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.

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 united reaction across Ireland’s political and religious divide to the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has helped assure her family her death was part of God’s bigger plan, her father has said.

A FIFTH man arrested in connection with the murder of Michaela Harte in Mauritius appeared in court charged with conspiracy yesterday.

FOUR hotel workers have appeared in court in Mauritius in connection with the murder of Michaela Harte who was strangled on her honeymoon.

Hundreds more mourners are set to pay their respects to murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey as a public wake in the tragic teacher's family home enters a second day.

The North's first and deputy First Ministers joined hundreds of fellow mourners at the wake of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey today.

President Mary McAleese will join a string of other dignitaries at Michaela McAreavey’s funeral on Monday.

THE husband of murdered Mauritius honeymooner Michaela Harte accompanied her on a final journey home yesterday, wearing her engagement and wedding ring on a chain around his neck.

The family of murdered Mauritius honeymooner Michaela McAreavey accompanied her on a final journey home today.

Michaela McAreavey was strangled over a purse containing a small amount of cash, it was revealed tonight.

A memorial service will be held at the hotel in Mauritius where Michaela McAreavey was murdered whose body is on its way back to Ireland today.

The widower of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has described her as the “rock” of his life as he prepares to bring her body home from Mauritius.

THE distraught husband of Michaela Harte last night spoke of how “words had no meaning” following the brutal murder of wife of just 10 days.

There are unconfirmed reports that two of the suspects in the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius have confessed to her murder.

Murdered newlywed Michaela McAreavey was found strangled in a bath with the water still running, it was revealed today.

Three men will appear in court today in connection with the murder of Michaela McAreavey, daughter of Tyrone GAA boss Mickey Harte, police in Mauritius said.

The murdered daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte fought for her life before she was strangled, it was revealed today.

The daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte was murdered in her hotel room, police in Mauritius confirmed today.

The daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte who was found dead on honeymoon in Mauritius may have been killed, it was claimed tonight.

A school was at the centre of a bus crash for the second time in a fortnight in the North today.

The British government ordered an urgent review today of arrangements for storing court documents after the discovery of missing legal papers in the North.