Gardaí told Richard Satchwell they had 'taken his story apart' as they gathered evidence on his wife's death

Court heard there were significant inconsistencies between Mr Satchwell's version of events and the emerging evidence

Richard Satchwell had told gardaí his wife 'flew at him' with a chisel, he fell on the floor, she jumped on him, trying to stab him with it, and he grabbed her dressing gown belt, held it to her neck to protect himself and she then collapsed dead into his arm.

In heated interviews, gardaí told murder-accused Richard Satchwell his “story” was coming apart, as evidence gathered was building a different picture to the one he had "constructed".

“It’s evidence that speaks for itself,” Detective Sergeant Dave Noonan said in a recorded interview at Cobh Garda Station on October 13, 2023, after Mr Satchwell had been arrested for his wife Tina's murder.