Tag Archives: Domestic Violence

The ongoing trial of Richard Satchwell, accused of murdering his wife Tina Satchwell in March 2017, has revealed significant developments following the discovery of her remains in their Youghal, County Cork home in October 2023. Tina Satchwell’s decomposed body was uncovered beneath the stairs of the couple’s residence during a renewed Garda search. A trained cadaver dog named Fern, handled …

Former Irish soldier Keith Byrne has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Kirsty Ward, during a holiday in Spain. The verdict, delivered by a jury in Tarragona after three days of deliberation, found Byrne guilty of strangling Ward with a hair straightener cord at the Magnolia Hotel in Salou on July 2, 2023. Byrne, 34, had claimed Ward died by …

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for a violent and prolonged attack on his wife, which included rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment, and threats to kill. The assault took place at their home in Dublin in September 2023. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was …

A 39-year-old man from Co Offaly has been sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison for coercively controlling, raping, assaulting, and falsely imprisoning his former partner. Barry Murphy, residing at Shamrock House, Grogan, Ballycumber, was found guilty by a jury on multiple charges including three counts of raping his partner, Lisa O’Meara. The jury also convicted him of coercive control, assault, …