Richard Satchwell, whose wife’s remains were discovered underneath a stairwell in their home, will be tried in Dublin next year after his lawyers successfully applied for the case to be moved out of Co Cork.
Mr Justice Paul McDermott agreed to the application, which was made last month by the lawyers acting for Mr Satchwell.
The trial remains scheduled for 28 April, despite the change of venue.
Mr Satchwell, 57, with an address at Grattan Street in Youghal, Co Cork, is charged with murdering his wife Tina Satchwell, 45, at the address on 20 March 2017.
Ms Satchwell, from St Bernard’s Place in Fermoy, Co Cork, was reported missing on 24 March 2017 by her husband.
Mr Satchwell is a truck driver, originally from Leicester in the UK, but he has been a resident in Co Cork for over 20 years.
Gardaí found Ms Satchwell’s skeletal remains in October 2023, more than six years after she was reported missing, while excavating a concrete floor and walled up area underneath the stairwell of the home the couple shared.
