Richard Satchwell claims wife ‘flew at him with chisel’ before her death, court hears

Prosecutors allege new account only emerged after Tina Satchwell’s skeletal remains were discovered hidden under stairs in 2023

Richard Satchwell (centre) leaving the District Court in Cashel, Co Tipperary. Picture: Brian Lawless.

Richard Satchwell claimed that his deceased wife, Tina Satchwell, "flew at him with a chisel", trying to stab him in the head in the seconds before her death.

He held a belt to her neck to protect himself, and within seconds, she “went limp” and fell into his arms, dead, the Central Criminal Court has heard in his trial for the murder of his wife.