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Richard Satchwell Found Guilty

  • 30-05-2025 12:35PM
    #1
    Xander10
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    It won't come as a surprise to anyone based on the info that was in the public domain.

    The review of the Gardai handling mightn't make good reading for them.



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  • #2
    Ten of Swords
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    Link added

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    https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/05/30/richard-satchwell-trial-jury-resumes-considering-its-verdict/

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    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/richard-satchwell-convicted-of-wifes-murder-and-now-faces-life-in-prison/a1409058384.html

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  • #3
    StevenToast
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    I hope he rots in jail for the rest of his life.

    Well done to the jury.

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • #4
    DellyBelly
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    I'm surprised at this...really thought he'd get manslaughter. I suppose we'll never really know what happened that night that lead to her death



  • #5
    Be right back
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    No surprise. May Tina rests in peace and may he rot.



  • #6
    LunaLoo
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    I dont think there could have been any other verdict. It was clear as day he was guilty. Hopefully the sentencing judge will give him the absolute maximum time.



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  • #7
    almostover
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    Not a surprising verdict but was worried it may have ended up as manslaughter. Justice done for Tina's family. There were parallels between Satchwell and Joe O'Reilly with the TV appearances.

    I'd imagine the Satchwell marriage wasn't happy and a lot was going on. But that's zero excuse to murder your wife, entomb her in concrete under the stairs of the house and lie about it for years. Hope he gets the maximum penalty and sees his life out in prison.



  • #8
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499769#Comment_123499769

    Life is the only sentence that can be given for murder.

    Whether he spends life in prison is another matter but the judge can't add or take away time in a murder conviction.



  • #9
    The_Kew_Tour
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    The dog on street knew he did it.

    EVENFLOW



  • #10
    cap.in.hand.
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    I thought it would be a manslaughter verdict as well... obviously the concealment on his part was his downfall.



  • #11
    plodder
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    Guilty AF. Wanted to say that for a long time …

    Some aspects of his story were the most sickening and astonishingly unbelievable rubbish I've ever heard.

    “Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt” - Carl Jung



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  • #12
    New Scottman
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    His life is ruined.



  • #13
    miamee
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    I'm delighted with that, any other result would have been a travesty. I've followed the Crime World podcast on this, they summed up the evidence given on a daily basis and it was eye opening to hear some of the things Satchwell did after his wife disappeared. Covering his ar$e from day one.



  • #14
    kilsmum
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    Justice has been served. Rest in peace Tina.



  • #15
    Tork
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    When the jury took so long with its deliberations, I was afraid it'd be reduced to manslaughter.



  • #16
    TinyMuffin
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    should get extra for wasting everyone’s time.



  • #17
    walshb
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499862#Comment_123499862

    keystone cops should also get it!!!



  • #18
    briany
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499825#Comment_123499825

    To be fair, if he'd gone to the Gards straight away with a self-defence story, it would have been even easier to dismantle, having a fresh body to examine.



  • #19
    walshb
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499902#Comment_123499902

    yup. That’s why it seems clear to me that he murdered her.



  • #20
    cap.in.hand.
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499902#Comment_123499902

    The post mortem results on what was left of her looks favourable to him I thought



  • #21
    freshpopcorn
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    This picture of him also stuck with me. Just of how he was playing with the media. He must have felt in such power when they were searching the woods in Castlemarther.

    Fantastic to see him eventually convicted.

    1000028048.jpg


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  • #22
    MrMusician18
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123499823#Comment_123499823

    At the trial there was never any question that he did it. What the jury had to determine was he acting in self defense, attacked her without intent to kill or attacked her with intent to kill.

    Based on the evidence put before the court, it was far from certain that a jury would believe beyond reasonable doubt that he intentionally killed his wife.

    Some of the details revealed at the trial were truly bizarre though.



  • #23
    miamee
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    I don't think this was brought up in court (or if it was I missed that bit) but this was one of the more unbelievable things he did while his wife was 'missing' - obviously not something for the jury to consider if not brought up in court but it is one of those things that immediately screamed to me that he was behind her disappearance

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gardai-examine-two-suitcases-found-by-tina-satchwell-s-husband-1.3173945



  • #24
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Thank god, his pathetic poor me story didn't fool anyone.



  • #25
    briany
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    Mad to think that it was only divine providence or blind luck that she was ever found. Had a bit of her not been spotted in the drains, she'd have laid under those stairs for much longer.



  • #26
    miamee
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123500071#Comment_123500071

    Where did you read about a bit of her in the drains?

    The gardaí re-investigated the open case and upgraded it to murder allowing them to do an invasive search of the house which is when they found Tina's body. A sniffer dog guided them to the right area of the home (the area under the stairs) and then a builder the gardaí had contracted got in to break up the concrete. As soon as he came to a layer of plastic sheeting he handed it over the gardaí. They then continued the dig and unfortunately found Tina's body buried there



  • #27
    briany
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123500101#Comment_123500101

    Apparently, when Satchwell was digging out that grave, he cracked a drainpipe that lay at the bottom of the hole. Over time, a bit of Tina's remains broke off and went into the hole and came up some opening in the neighbouring property where it was discovered by a man who was working there (the neighbouring house had gone up for sale and some kind of repair/maintenance/upgrade work was taking place).



  • #28
    Dial Hard
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123500128#Comment_123500128

    I have literally never heard that mentioned before now, in any of the almost blanket media coverage of the case.



  • #29
    OmegaGene
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123500071#Comment_123500071

    the story about the drains was just a rumour going around at the time, listening to all the evidence that was clearly nonsense

    The internet isn’t for everyone



  • #30
    mickdw
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    Yep that's what I heard also. A neighbours plumber actually solved this, not the gardai.



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  • #31
    Photobox
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    Hope he rots. Between Doing his interview on Prenderville and having Castlemartyr Woods searched and all the other bullsh1t. Vile individual.



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