McAreavey trial to start amid tight security

Final security measures have been rehearsed at Mauritius’s Supreme Court ahead of the trial of two men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey, the daughter of Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte.

McAreavey trial to start amid tight  security

Police and court officials ran through carefully co-ordinated preparations for one of the most high-profile criminal cases ever held in the Indian Ocean holiday island.

The 27-year-old honeymooner was found strangled in her luxury room in the five-star Legends Hotel in January last year, two weeks after marrying her sweetheart John.

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