The Mauritian authorities had a responsibility to ensure graphic photographs of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey did not get into the hands of the media, it was claimed.

The family of Michaela McAreavey has labelled the publication of crime scene photographs of her body as “reprehensible” and “a new low” in the treatment of her husband and family.

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.