'Once I started the lie, I couldn’t stop': Murder trial hears garda interviews with Richard Satchwell

The court heard the accused tell gardaí that he 'spent hours holding her and kissing her on the head' after her death

The court also heard in the garda interviews that Richard Satchwell (pictured) has contemplated suicide since Tina Satchwell's death but stayed alive for their pets. File picture

“Once I started the lie, I couldn’t stop,” murder accused Richard Satchwell said after admitting he had buried his wife, his “beautiful Irish Rose” in their home six years after he reported her missing.

He wrapped the lilac dressing gown belt that he had held to his wife Tina Satchwell’s throat in the seconds before her death back around her body before burying her, days later, under the stairs in their Youghal home, he said.