Police chief admits to having only ‘circumstantial evidence’

THE police chief in Mauritius yesterday revealed they only had “circumstantial evidence” linking three local men with the murder of Michaela Harte.

Police Commissioner Dhun Rampersad said the three had been identified as murder suspects on the basis that they had access to Ms Harte’s room. But he added someone else could have had the electronic card to open the room and said police were keeping a “very open mind” that another person could have murdered the 27-year-old bride.

The daughter of Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte was on honeymoon in the Legends Resort hotel with her husband of just 12 days John McAreavey.