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July 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Amid chaotic scenes in the courtroom, Mr Treebhoowoon, a 32-year-old room
cleaner, and Mr Moneea, his 43-year-old supervisor, both native Creoles with
little formal education, broke down in tears and hugged their families.
Outside, their defence lawyers were carried aloft and mobbed by jubilant
crowds shouting “justice! justice!”. Having served 18 months in prison
already, both defendants are likely to seek compensation.
The not guilty verdicts, however, brought further heartache for the McAreavey
family, who left court with their faces expressionless. They were
accompanied by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and were
driven away in a government car. Mrs McAreavey’s brother Mark Harte, her
widower, his sister Claire and father Brendan had sat through weeks of
harrowing evidence. In a statement they said: “After waiting 18 months in
search of justice for Michaela and following the endurance of seven
harrowing weeks of this trial, there are no words, which can describe the
sense of devastation and desolation now felt by both families.”
The two families made no public criticism of police or the local authorities,
instead saying they would keep their counsel until their return to Ireland,
expected to be in the coming days.
However, the Mauritius
police unit that investigated the murder is likely to face severe criticism
for the flaws in an inquiry which could mean that Mrs McAreavey’s killers
will never face justice.
The unit could even be disbanded as a result of the case, which was hamstrung
by a lack of forensic evidence and poor detective work from the start.
The first person arrested by police following the discovery of Mrs McAreavey’s
body was her husband, who was put in a cell, strip-searched, handcuffed and
left alone for five hours. As he wept in the presence of one officer, he was
asked: “What are you crying about? You’re young — you’ll get another wife.”
Under pressure, police then arrested five members of staff from the hotel.
Three days later, Mr Treebhoowoon and Mr Moneea were charged with murder on
the basis of a “confession” by the former who said they had strangled Mrs
McAreavey “to keep her quiet”.
However, in court Mr Treebhoowoon retracted his confession, saying he only
made it after days of police torture in which he was repeatedly slapped,
kicked, stripped naked and plunged in a bucket of water until he vomited
blood.
Mr Moneea insisted that he had been on the telephone to his sister at the time
of Mrs McAreavey’s murder, a claim that was borne out by mobile phone
records.
The court also heard how blundering detectives allowed other hotel guests and
staff to trample over the crime scene hours after the murder, and their own
officers did not wear anti-contamination suits as they worked in the room.
They neglected to interview key witnesses, including a German couple who
claimed to have seen a man loitering outside the room, and failed to find a
shred of forensic evidence to link their suspects to the case.
They never tested Mrs McAreavey’s purse for fingerprints, despite having a
confession from Mr Treebhoowoon that he had killed her after rifling through
it.
Four fingerprints that were found at the scene were never identified, and a
hotel guest who left by taxi the night Mrs McAreavey died was never traced.
During the trial, Mrs McAreavey’s family was left visibly distressed as
lawyers played up to the crowds in the public gallery. One barrister, Ravi
Rutnah, sought laughs from his audience with phrases such as “we will rock
and roll those points later” before quitting the case and telling the jury:
“I will be back in Arnold Schwarzenegger style.”
Defence lawyers also produced CCTV footage which, they claimed, showed Mr and
Mrs McAreavey arguing in the hotel reception around the time she died.
Within 24 hours, the media tracked down a German chef who confirmed that the
footage featured him and his girlfriend. He said he had never been spoken to
by police investigating the case.
While Mr McAreavey and his companions prepare to fly home, his wife’s parents,
Mickey and Marian, and three brothers, will be coming to terms with the news
at their home in Ballygawley, on the Northern Irish border.
Outside court, Mr Treebhoowoon said he was sympathetic to their plight. “I’m
so sad about this lady,” he said. “But I did not kill this lady.”
One of the other men initially arrested, Raj Theekoy, a cleaner, escaped a
conspiracy to murder charge after he turned state witness, telling the court
last month that he had seen the two defendants outside Mrs McAreavey’s room.
Another, a hotel security guard, escaped the same charge and now faces trial
for widespread theft from guest’s rooms. The third, another security guard,
is suing the police for wrongful arrest.
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