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PSNI in Mauritius to assist in Michaela McAreavey investigation

The three detectives are in Mauritius for a week to help local authorities with their continued investigation into her death.

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A NUMBER OF detectives from the PSNI are currently in Mauritius to help with the ongoing investigation into the death of Michaela McAreavey.

A spokesperson from the PSNI told TheJournal.ie that three detectives had travelled to the country and that “their work will take a week to complete.”

Michaela, who was the daughter of Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte, was strangled to death in January 2011 while on honeymoon with her husband John McAreavey.

Two hotel workers – Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon – were subsequently charged with her murder, but were acquitted last year.

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Comments (8 Comments)

  • Sorry but incorrectly preserved scene means that no matter what they find will be taken apart in any court case.

    Hate saying it but justice will not be done here. The poor thing died for nothing and the person behind it will not be punished. Sad reality

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  • Thinking of the McAreavy & Harte families at this time. They have shown great courage & dignity.
    Hopefully they will get some form of closure on this tragedy.

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  • The trial last year was an absolute shambles- the defence team behaving like celebrities and the general incompetence of the police made my blood boil. Guess we’ll never know who murdered her.

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    • The country disgraced itself during that trial with law students in the gallery often cheering during the grandstanding defense. Must have been extremely difficult for the family of Harte and her husband to sit through that. The police work was completely botched also.

      It’s one country I will never visit.

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    • Once again a country’s ruling classes have tarnished its international reputation to the detriment of the ordinary folk who struggle to make a living. It’s beyond belief that a country which relies so much on tourism would disgrace itself on the world stage through such a heinous miscarriage of justice.

      I’m with Joe O’Shea on boycotting Mauritius, but I do so with a tinge of regret knowing how so many Mauritians rely on our tourism for their income.

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  • feel their will be no justice either,, sad for her family and husband

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