Court hears Richard Satchwell offered wife's cousin the freezer where he allegedly had kept her body

Court hears gardaí only named Richard Satchwell a suspect five years after Tina vanished

Richard Satchwell (second right) arriving at the District Court in Cashel, Co Tipperary, after being charged in connection with the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell. Gardai investigating her disappearance have found skeletal remains at a property in Youghal, Co CorkPicture date: Saturday October 14, 2023.

Richard Satchwell offered his wife Tina’s cousin their chest freezer, shortly after it is alleged he kept her body there before burying her in a shallow grave in their home, a court has heard.

In a series of text messages read out in court on Wednesday, Mr Satchwell also told Tina’s cousin Sarah that he “cried all the time” while he felt he “let her down in some way”.