Family members ‘shaken’ by ‘despicable’ murder of Tina Satchwell, court hears

Lorraine Howard (left), the half-sister of Tina Satchwell, and Sarah Howard, the cousin of Tina Satchwell, speaking to the media outside Central Criminal Court in Dublin, where Richard Satchwell has been found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell, whose remains were found under the stairs of their home in Youghal, Co Cork, six years after Mr Satchwell reported her missing in 2017. Picture date: Friday May 30, 2025. - (PA Wire)

The family of Tina Satchwell, nee Dingivan, have paid tribute to their loved one, who they lost as a result of a “despicable crime” committed by her husband, Richard Satchwell.

Before Satchwell was handed the mandatory life sentence for murdering Tina at their Youghal home in March 2017, Tina’s sister and niece gave victim impact statements at the Central Criminal Court.