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Richard Satchwell Sentenced to Life for Murder of Wife Buried Under Stairs

He intends to appeal following last week’s unanimous verdict that dismissed his claim of self-defense.

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Overview

  • At Dublin’s Central Criminal Court today the 58-year-old truck driver received a mandatory life sentence for killing Tina Satchwell in March 2017.
  • A jury found him guilty on May 30 after nine hours and 28 minutes of deliberation, rejecting his account of a self-defense incident involving a chisel.
  • Tina’s skeletal remains were uncovered under the concrete floor beneath the stairs of the couple’s Grattan Street home in October 2023, six years after her disappearance.
  • During the trial Satchwell admitted moving Tina’s body into a freezer before burying her under the stairs but maintained she attacked him first, a claim jurors dismissed.
  • Outside court, Tina’s family said they finally have justice and remembered her as a kind, gentle animal lover whose loss they continue to grieve.