‘Nightmare moment’ husband found Michaela McAreavey dead in bath tub

“John removed Michaela from the bathtub, laid her on the floor and went
to cry for help.

“The bell boy who had accompanied John was still in the vicinity of room
1025 and they both went back to room 1025 where John tried to revive
Michaela.

“Members of the jury, it was too late.

“Michaela was already dead.”

Mr Manrakhan said medical examinations showed Mrs McAreavey died from
asphyxiation due to compression of the neck just two weeks after her wedding.

“Medical evidence is such that there can be no doubt that Michaela had
been brutally killed,” he said.

The prosecutor said eyewitness Raj Theekoy was outside the room when he heard
noises.

“He heard a female voice crying ‘Agh, agh, agh’ as if she was in pain,”
he said.

He said the witness then saw the two men accused of the crime leave the room.

Defendants Avinash Treebhoowoon and Sandip Moneea deny the charge of
premeditated murder.

While the prosecutor told the court Treebhoowoon had confessed to police about
his role in the murder – which he said was a robbery gone wrong – the jury
later heard claims that he accused the police of beating the statement out
of him.

The prosecutor said Moneea emphatically denied involvement but the evidence
would show he was a liar.

Extra security measures were implemented on the second day of the case.

The trial witnessed chaotic scenes as it began yesterday with John McAreavey
mobbed by crowds outside.

The two accused were also buffeted as they were led through throngs of people.

In apparent response in the unruly scenes, security barriers were in place
today as handcuffed Treebhoowoon and Moneea were escorted into court five.

Teacher Mrs McAreavey had momentarily left her sweetheart at the pool of the
five star Legends Hotel to fetch the biscuits.

Treebhoowoon, from Plaine des Roches, and Moneea, from Petit Raffray, have
pleaded not guilty.

The trial in the old French colonial court building is one the most
high-profile criminal cases ever held on the island.

A jury of nine – six men and three women – is hearing the case.

A lone police truck transported the defendants from the high-security La
Bastille prison in the nearby town of Phoenix – a more low key entrance than
yesterday’s speeding convoy of vehicles.

Though most Mauritians speak a variant of French as their first tongue, court
proceedings are being heard in English.

Mrs McAreavey, from Ballygawley, Co Tyrone, was the only daughter of Harte,
the GAA boss who has steered his native county to three All Ireland
championships.

Mr McAreavey, an accountant and talented Gaelic footballer from Co Down, has
returned to Mauritius with members of his and the Harte families. Mickey
Harte is not attending.

The trial continues.

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