Judge 'surprised' Garda file on murder-accused Richard Satchwell has yet to be sent to DPP

Richard Satchwell was charged with the murder of his wife, Tina, at a sitting of Cashel District Court in Co Tipperary on October 14 last. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

The Garda file on the Tina Satchwell case is at an “advanced stage”, a court heard on Tuesday morning, as her husband, Richard, appeared in a Tipperary court having previously been charged with the murder of his wife.

Richard Satchwell, of Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork, was charged with the murder of his wife, Tina, at a sitting of Cashel District Court in Co Tipperary on October 14 last. The State charged that on March 20 2017, at a location in Cork, he murdered Tina Satchwell contrary to Common Law.