Purse in McAreavey room was not tested

No fingerprint tests were carried out on a purse found in the room where Michaela McAreavey was murdered during an alleged botched burglary, a police officer has told the court in Mauritius.

Hotel worker Avinash Treebhoowon signed a confession admitting the crime in which he claimed he was rifling through a purse when the honeymooner unexpectedly returned to her room in the luxury Legends Hotel on the holiday island.

Treebhoowon, 31, had since insisted the statement was beaten out of him and he and fellow Legends employee Sandip Moneea, 42, deny murdering the daughter of Tyrone football boss Mickey Harte in Jan 2011.