Murder accused Richard Satchwell seeks to have trial moved to new venue
Defendant who is charged with murdering his wife, Tina Satchwell, is due to go on trial next April
Lawyers for Richard Satchwell, whose wife's body was found buried beneath the stairwell of their home, intend to apply to have his murder trial moved from Cork to either Dublin or Limerick.
Mr Satchwell is due to go on trial in April next year and last June, Mr Justice Paul McDermott set Cork as the venue.
However, at a procedural hearing this Friday, Senan Crawford BL, for Mr Satchwell, told Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring that the defence wishes to apply for the trial to be transferred from Cork to Dublin or Limerick.
Maria Brosnan BL, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, said the prosecution is not on notice of any application for a change of venue.
Ms Justice Ring said the application for a change of venue should be made "in the ordinary way" and that the prosecution should be put on notice. She adjourned the matter to November 15.
Mr Satchwell, aged 57, with an address at Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork is charged with murdering his wife Tina Satchwell (45) at that address on March 20, 2017.
Mrs Satchwell, a native of St Bernard’s Place in Fermoy, was reported missing on March 24, 2017 by her husband.
The British truck driver is originally from Leicester in the UK but has been a resident in Cork for over 20 years.
Gardaí found Mrs Satchwell’s skeletal remains in October 2023, more than six years after she was reported missing, while excavating a concrete floor and walled-up area underneath the stairwell of the home she and her husband shared on Grattan Street in Youghal.