‘You’re young, you’ll get another wife’

Michaela McAreavey’s husband told of how his life ended the day he found her dead in their hotel room in Mauritius.

Fighting back tears, John McAreavey told the trial of two men accused of her murder that he fell to his knees and prayed after he frantically tried to revive his “wonderful, wonderful” wife.

During an emotional testimony at the Supreme Court, he revealed that police originally suspected him of strangling his bride and told him he faced a long stretch in jail if he did not co-operate.