Senior officer can`t answer why invasive search was not carried out of Richard Satchwell`s house
The senior investigation officer in the Tina Satchwell missing persons case, who was appointed four years after the Cork woman disappeared, has told a jury that she can't answer why gardaí did not conduct " an invasive search " of Richard Satchwell's home within weeks of his wife being reported missing.
The trial has heard that on March 24th 2017, Mr Satchwell told gardaí that his wife Tina had left their home four days earlier but that he had no concerns over her welfare, feeling she had left due to a deterioration in their relationship.
The accused formally reported Ms Satchwell missing the following May, but her body was not discovered for over six years, when gardai in October 2023 found her decomposed remains in a grave that had been dug underneath the stairs of her home.
Mr Satchwell’s home was searched by a team of 10 gardaí on June 7th 2017, but the jury have been told this was a non-invasive operation.
Superintendent Annemarie Twomey told Gerardine Sma...
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