Bride’s homecoming a picture of sadness on return to wedding scene

A FORTNIGHT ago the radiant bride was driven down the narrow lane from her family home in a wedding car. Last night she returned in a hearse.

Michaela Harte’s long journey from Mauritius back to her devastated parents Mickey and Marian in Co Tyrone ended when her coffin was carried into the house she had left in an elegant white gown.

Guests who kissed the young teacher outside St Malachy’s Church and wished her well for the future will soon be back at the idyllic chapel off the busy A5, only this time as mourners. President Mary McAleese will also be in attendance.