Linfield sack coach over 'sickening' video mocking murder of Michaela McAreavey

Orange Order banners are visible in the background of the video, and Union Jack bunting is hung across the roof of the venue
Michaela McAreavey was murdered when she was strangled to death in the suite at the Legends Hotel in Mauritius in January of 2011.

Michaela McAreavey was murdered when she was strangled to death in the suite at the Legends Hotel in Mauritius in January of 2011.

Linfield Football Club has confirmed that it had contacted a girls’ academy coach in relation to a video which emerged on social media appearing to show a group of people mocking the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

The video, which has been widely circulated online, appears to show a large number of men singing a song that references Ms McAreavey's trip to Mauritius for her honeymoon where she was killed.

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