The court was told today that Satchwell - who has 14 previous convictions - intends to appeal against last week's unanimous jury verdict convicting him of Tina Satchwell's murder.

Speaking outside the court today, after Richard Satchwell was found guilty of murdering his wife, Tina Satchwell's half-sister, Lorraine Howard, spoke on behalf of the family.

The of five men and seven women have so far spent a total of eight hours and 37 minutes deliberating in their jury room in the Criminal Courts of Justice building.

The of five men and seven women began considering their verdict at 3.05pm on Tuesday afternoon and have so far spent a total of four hours and 42 minutes deliberating.

Before sending the jury of five men and seven women out to begin their deliberations, presiding judge Mr Justice Paul McDermott asked them to consider all the evidence in the case.

In his closing, defence barrister Brendan Grehan, said there was 'no evidence' in the case that the accused  intended to kill or cause serious injury to his wife. 

The jury were also told today of text messages sent by the phone to both Mr Satchwell’s family and that of his wife Tina. The court heard Mr Satchwell told Tina’s cousin that he discovered a “birth cert and marriage cert” were gone.

The trial continues this afternoon before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury of five men and seven women.