Richard Satchwell insisted he'd ‘never lay a finger' on wife Tina in various TV & radio interviews heard by murder trial
And when directly asked by a reporter if he killed Tina, the truck driver, 58, insisted: 'I'd never lay a finger on her.'
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Richard Satchwell spoke to journalists numerous times after Tina's disappearance
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A series of media interviews given by the accused were played to the court
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Asked by TV3's Paul Byrne on July 13, 2017 if he was innocent, he said: 'I am innocent, I've done nothing wrong'
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Mr Satchwell
Her decomposed remains were discovered by investigators
Mr Satchwell spoke to journalists numerous times in the year after he reported that Tina
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He added: 'My wife's going to turn back up or she's going to get in touch with the
'One way or another this will all come out and in time it will all prove that I've done nothing wrong.
'In every relationship, you know your partner. You know what you've been talking about and you feel you know what your partner would want you to do in certain circumstances.
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'I went by what I thought my wife would want me to do. Whether they agree with the way I did it, that's up to them. I know my wife better than anybody, I know her better than I know myself, and I did what I genuinely thought was right.
'I've been with my wife for 28 years. In that 28 years I've never lifted a finger to her.
'I'D TAKE A LIE DETECTOR'
'I was brought up in a home, yes there were arguments between my mother and father, but never any violence. That's what I wanted for my wife, a good, loving marriage.
'I'd take a lie detector, my house has been searched without my knowledge. The Gardai found nothing untoward. We live on the Main Street, they can see the comings and goings, I don't know why people are being malicious.'
Reporter Paul asked him in another interview on November 30, 2017: 'Did you kill Tina Satchwell?'
Mr Satchwell replied: 'Never. I'd never lay a finger on her.'
He also said: 'She's been my life since meeting her, even since before I spoke to her I knew I loved her.
'My dream came true. Since the day we got married, it's been one long honeymoon. Like that since the day I met her.'
And he said of Christmas: 'If Tina's not there I'm not celebrating it. This Xmas won't be Xmas for me.
'I have never once in nearly 30 years of being together laid a finger on her. The most I've ever done is love the bones of her.'
'COULD NEVER LAY A FINGER ON MY WIFE'
He was asked by Susan Keogh on Today FM, in a chat which aired on March 18, 2018, if he ever hurt Tina and he answered: 'I never would.'
The presenter then asked if he killed Tina, and he replied: 'No. I could never lay a finger on my wife. No one has ever once seen a tiny bruise on her body.'
Another interview played out today saw Mr Satchwell sobbing as he told RTE's Crimecall that his 'arms are open' when Tina wanted to return home.
Speaking to the show, which aired on July 25, 2017, he said: 'It's been three months. Tina come home, nobody is mad at you.
'My arms are open, the pets are missing you. Even just ring the guards, everything will be alright.'
Another interview with Neil Prendeville aired on Cork's Red FM on March 12, 2018 — nearly a year after Tina was reported missing. In it,
Mr Satchwell said: 'She was a great woman. I've not got a bad word to say about her.
'She could have a flash temper, she could hit you, then she'd be crying apologising. The most thing I've ever done to her is hold her tight until she calmed down.'
'I HAVE STARTED PRAYING'
Mr Prendeville spoke to him as Gardai were searching Mitchell's Woods, outside Castlemartyr in Cork, for any evidence which would help in their investigation.
The host said he didn't believe Tina was alive and asked how he would feel if cops found a body.
He said: 'I'd be an emotional wreck. Suicide, no suicide, even without suicide, I wouldn't last six months. All I can do is stay at home and wait for the phone to ring, hope. I don't go to church but I have started praying.'
Asked if he was ever in jail, he replied: 'Yes, I was caught for social welfare. I was working while claiming social welfare
'I think I'd sooner be there than where I am now. I was there for a month, in Cork.
'She (Tina) didn't come up to see me, I asked her not to. It's not an environment I wanted her to be in. We spoke every night, five or ten minutes. I've never denied to anybody that I've been in prison.'
Mr Satchwell also appeared on Ireland AM on TV3 on March 8, 2018, as the search in Mitchell's Wood was taking place.
Asked by presenter Mark Cagney if he felt he was a suspect, he said: 'No. Now I feel I'm not. Anything the guards have asked for I'm providing.
'I THINK SHE PLANNED TO GO'
'When I visited our GP, I don't know if Tina had said anything to him, he told me I was right to give her the time before I went to the guards. I have to believe (she's still alive) because I'm not mentally strong enough to think the other.
'Mental illness is one of the things I won't talk about, within the family.'
During a number of interviews for the programme, Mr Satchwell told reporter Barry Cummins: 'We were really upset after our parrot Peal died, we cried for weeks. We had an autopsy done.
'Then a parrot came up on the internet and we called it Valentine, because we bought it on Valentine's Day.'
Speaking about the day Tina vanished, Mr Satchwell said he had been plastering the stairs when she came down and asked him to go to the shops in Dungarvan, Co Waterford.
He told the show: 'I think she planned to go.
'I think it was playing in the back of her mind for a long time and something clicked that morning, I do.'
'I BUILT MY LIFE AROUND HER'
Asked how he was feeling, he said: 'Lonely, very lonely, because I built my life around her. When that's gone, you've got nothing.
'I've never once in nearly 30 years of being together laid a finger on her. As far as I'm concerned my wife is out there somewhere and will come back.
'I truly believe that. Just get in touch. I believe there is somebody out there who does know where she is.'
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Mr Satchwell has pleaded not guilty to murdering Tina at their home in Cork
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