Courtroom packed as couple in CCTV identified as Germans

Crowds gathered early yesterday outside the Supreme Court in Mauritius intent on seeing for themselves what the much rumoured CCTV footage from Legends Hotel portrayed.

John McAreavey was already inside with his relatives, spared the ordeal of navigating his way through the throngs.

The court was designed to accommodate half the 200-odd people that managed to squeeze inside. They had all come to see one thing: A grainy three-minute security camera clip that pictured a couple at the reception of the Legends Hotel seemingly embroiled in a row on the day Michaela McAreavey was murdered.