Michaela trial: Call for magistrate to quit case

A DEFENCE lawyer for one of the men accused of murdering Michaela Harte has asked for the magistrate in the case to stand down.

Preliminary court proceedings in the trial of the men accused of her murder opened in Mauritius yesterday.

The daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, Michaela was murdered in her honeymoon suite in the Legends resort on January 10, just 12 days after marrying Down footballer John McAreavey.

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