Wait for verdict in Tina murder trial

JURORS in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife Tina, retired yesterday to consider a verdict.

- BY ALISON O'RIORDAN

Before sending them out, Mr Justice Paul McDermott asked them to consider all the evidence.

He said the verdicts they can return are guilty of murder, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter or not guilty. He asked them to be unanimous in their verdict.

The judge told jurors there were two routes to not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter; that they were satisfied there had been an unlawful killing but Satchwell did not intend to kill Tina or cause her serious injury, and also on the basis of partial self-defence.

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