Editor who used pictures of Michaela found guilty

A Mauritian newspaper editor who published graphic photographs of the body of murdered Irish honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has been found guilty of outraging public and religious morality.

A judge at Mauritius’s Intermediate Court said the actions of Imraan Hosany were a “violation of human dignity” carried out “with a view to cater to morbid curiosity”.

Magistrate Wendy Rangan said the publication of the police scenes-of-crime shots in the Mauritian Sunday Times were not justified by any public interest, as had been argued by Hosnay’s defence, and were instead motivated by “sensationalism and profit”.