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Video: John McAreavey offers reward for information over wife Michaela's murder in Mauritius

(From the left) Lawyer Ng Sui Wa, Mark Harte, brother of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey, widower John McAreavey and his sister Claire during a press conference at the Labourdonnais Hotel in Port Louis, Mauritius 
(From the left) Lawyer Ng Sui Wa, Mark Harte, brother of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey, widower John McAreavey and his sister Claire during a press conference at the Labourdonnais Hotel in Port Louis, Mauritius  (From the left) Lawyer Ng Sui Wa, Mark Harte, brother of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey, widower John McAreavey and his sister Claire during a press conference at the Labourdonnais Hotel in Port Louis, Mauritius 

JOHN McAreavy has offered two million Mauritian rupees (£44,000) for information which leads to a prosecution over his wife Michaela's murder.

Mr McAreavey made his offer this morning during a news conference in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis.

Michaela McAreavey (27), the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte, was found strangled to death in a bath at a luxury hotel while on honeymoon in January 2011.

Two hotel workers were tried for murder, but found not guilty in 2012. A later police investigation did not lead to any charges.

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Mr McAreavey, who has since remarried, said his quest for justice would not end until those responsible were brought to justice.

"Over the past six-and-a-half years our resolve to win justice for Michaela remains undiminished," he said.

"We believe we have given the Mauritian authorities every chance to deliver on their very public promise that justice would be done.

"However, until this visit the reality falls far short of that and as the years have passed it appears that the unofficial policy has become one of 'out of sight - out of mind.'

"But we have no intention of just slipping out of mind or sight. Michaela deserves justice and we intend to get it. We should not have needed to make this very painful return journey.

"Put quite bluntly, we have felt let down time and time again, and, indeed, feel betrayed by a process that has failed us and Michaela."

The reward will be paid to anyone who provides information that leads to the successful prosecution of the killer or killers.

Mr McAreavey was accompanied by his sister Claire and Mrs McAreavey's brother Mark as he addressed the media in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis.

Yesterday Mr McAreavey met the Prime Minister of Mauritius to discuss the police investigation into his wife Michaela's murder.

He met with Pravind Jugnauth after police told him an elite task force was investigating the killing.

Mr McAreavey, who arrived in Mauritius with his sister Claire and Michaela's brother Mark Harte at the weekend, thanked the prime minister for the "very significant" meeting.

He said he was prepared "to go to the ends of the earth to ensure that justice is achieved for Michaela".

Earlier Mr McAreavey, who remarried last year, described 45 minutes of talks with senior police officers as "short but positive".

Mauritian director of public prosecutions Satyajit Boolell insisted the police investigation into the murder at Legends Hotel had not been closed.

"We are as determined, we are as concerned as he is," he said.

"Any crime on our territory is a blot on our peaceful reputation."