McAreavey trial judge discounts rowing couple

The identity of a couple seen apparently arguing in the hotel in Mauritius where honeymooner Michaela McAreavey died is no longer an issue in the trial of two men accused of her murder, the judge has told jurors.

Defence lawyers had originally claimed the man and woman were the Co Tyrone teacher and her husband John but today informed the Supreme Court in Port Louis they would not be pursuing the matter further.