Overview

• Satchwell, 58, was found guilty at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court for killing Tina between March 19 and 20, 2017, and faces sentencing on June 4.
• Tina’s remains were unearthed in October 2023 during a search of the Grattan Street property in Youghal, more than six years after her disappearance.
• The inquiry was reopened in 2021 by Superintendent Annmarie Twomey and Detective Garda David Kelleher, whose new lines of inquiry led to a search warrant and Satchwell’s arrest.
• At trial, Satchwell claimed Tina attacked him with a chisel and died accidentally, but jurors dismissed this defence as inconsistent with forensic and circumstantial evidence.
• Family members praised Gardaí and the prosecution, expressing relief that a unanimous verdict has brought formal justice for Tina.