RICHARD SATCHWELL, WHO was previously charged with the murder of his wife Tina (Dingivan) Satchwell, has been further remanded in custody for a month having appeared at Clonmel District Court in Co Tipperary this morning. 

Satchwell (57) who is originally from Leicester in the UK but was living in Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, was charged with the murder of his wife Tina at a special sitting of Cashel District Court last month. The alleged offence occurred on 20 March 2017. 

Tina Satchwell was reported missing six years ago last March.

The missing persons case was upgraded to a murder investigation last month.

The remains of the 45-year-old were found buried in her home by gardaí searching the property on 11 October last. 

Sergeant Tom O’Brien this morning told the Clonmel Court that DPP directions are awaited in the case. He applied for a further remand in custody of the accused for a four week duration.

Satchwell, who appeared by video link from prison, told Judge Brian O’Shea that he consented to the further remand in custody.

Judge O’Shea remanded Satchwell in custody until 5 December next. 

Satchwell was denied bail at a High Court sitting at Cloverhill Court last week. Gardaí objected to bail saying that the accused was a flight risk. 

Refusing the application, Judge Siobhan Lankford said that Satchwell faces “very serious charges, the most serious charges on the criminal canon”.

Meanwhile, Satchwell first appeared in court on 14 October in connection with the alleged offence.

On that occasion evidence of arrest charge and caution was given by Detective Garda David Kelleher. Detective Garda Kelleher said that Satchwell had been formally charged with the murder of his wife in Cobh Garda Station the previous day.

Legal aid was granted in the case. 

Tina Satchwell was a native of St Bernard’s Place in Fermoy, Co Cork who was living in Youghal at the time of her death. She was reported missing on 24 March 2017 by her husband Richard. 

After she was reported missing, gardaí followed 400 lines of inquiry, watched hundreds of hours of CCTV and took witness statements from 170 people. A major sea and land search was carried out by gardaí following her disappearance.

In March 2018, gardaí led a major search for Tina in Mitchel’s Wood in Castlemartyr, Co Cork. 

In March of this year on the sixth anniversary of Tina’s disappearance, gardaí issued a renewed appeal for information in a bid to locate her. 

Tina Satchwell would have turned 50 last year. She hailed from a family of eight and is survived by her siblings.

Vigils in her memory have been held in Youghal and Fermoy. A private family funeral has also taken place.