McAreavey family to sue paper for €495k over images

The family of murdered Irish newlywed Michaela McAreavey are to sue the Mauritian newspaper that printed photographs of her body for damages of £400,000 (€495,000).

The 27-year-old Co Tyrone teacher, the only daughter of Tyrone gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, was strangled in her room in the Legends hotel in Mauritius last January.

In the wake of a high- profile murder trial this summer, which saw two former hotel workers acquitted of the crime, the Mauritian Sunday Times printed police crime scene photos that showed the honeymooner’s body lying in the room.