SCENES OF THE CRIME

We revisit places that left trail of clues for investigation

- PAUL HEALY and MICHAEL O'TOOLE

THE home in Youghal where Richard Satchwell murdered and buried his wife Tina was at the centre of the evil killer's trial. However, there were also a number of other locations that were central to the investigation that led to Satchwell’s arrest. These include the post office where gardai tracked his movements, a church he visited to light a candle for the wife he killed, and the bus stop that was the site of his final moments of freedom before he was charged.

THE CRIME SCENE - 3 GRATTAN STREET, YOUGHAL, CO CORK

Bouquets of flowers sat in front of the brown door of number 3 Grattan Street this week as jurors deliberated their verdict.

In the window of the four-storey, century old property, located next to Youghal Credit Union and just metres from the pier, was a fitting pictorial tribute to Tina Satchwell.

Nail polish and other beauty items sat next to her picture, giving anyone who passes by a brief glimpse of the life that was stolen from her.

The house on Grattan Street now lies empty, nearly two years on from the garda operation which saw the place searched from top to bottom for several days.

It was here where Tina should have felt safest where she was murdered after returning from a car boot sale with her husband Richard on Sunday, March 19, 2017.

Her crude shallow grave under the stairs remained hidden for over six years. Killer Satchwell told gardai that he killed his wife there on the morning of March 20, claiming he first dragged her remains into a freezer in the back garden shed.

He then buried her in a two-foot grave where officers found Tina still in her dressing gown and wrapped in black plastic sheeting.