Investigating gardaí have denied that Richard Satchwell was made carry out a “perp walk” after he was charged with murdering his wife, with defence counsel putting it to a detective that his client was “paraded before the press” while handcuffed.
The trial also heard today that members of the press were able to tweet that Mr Satchwell was going to be charged before gardaí had actually done so.
In cross-examination, Brendan Grehan SC, defending, asked Detective Garda David Kelleher whether gardaí as a “corporate entity” were “overcompensating” for their initial failure in the investigation when Mr Satchwell was formally charged at Cashel Courthouse in October, 2023 with Tina…