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

The widower of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has moved to correct part of the evidence he gave to the trial of two men accused of the crime.

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

Prosecution witness Raj Theekoy called his wife minutes after he heard cries from room 1025, despite telling police he initially told no-one.

A policeman remained silent when asked what he did with one of the men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey the morning after the crime.

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.

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 today.

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.