PM blames lawyer for McAreavey photos

The prime minister of Mauritius has claimed the graphic images of Michaela McAreavey which appeared in a Sunday newspaper were given to the publication by a defence lawyer.

Navin Ramgoolam — who told BBC he was writing to police in the Republic and the North to ask for their help in investigating the murder — said he had information to that effect while speaking at the country’s national assembly.

In response, Sanjeev Teeluckdharry, one of the defence lawyers representing the two men acquitted last week of killing the Co Tyrone newlywed, said the claim was an attempt to tarnish the defence. He said “so many people” had been in possession of the images.