A newspaper editor has apologised for publishing images of the dead body of Michaela McAreavey who was murdered on her honeymoon.
Michaela (27), only daughter of Tyrone GAA boss Mickey Harte and his wife, was found strangled in a bath at The Legends Hotel (since renamed to Lux) where the couple had been honeymooning in January 2011.
No-one has been convicted in connection with her killing, with two hotel workers acquitted of the murder after an eight-week trial in 2012.
The editor of Mauritian The Sunday Times, Imraan Hosany, was arrested in July 2012, three days after the paper published a dozen pictures showing the crime scene, Michaela's body and her injuries.
The images were taken by police during their investigation of the murder at the Legends hotel and were used in the trial before the court.
They were published days after the acquittal of Avinash Treebhoowon and Sandip Moneea for Michaela's murder.
The paper is not associated with the British and Irish publication The Sunday Times.
Mr Hosany was later convicted of outrage to public and religious morality.
The Harte and McAreavey families also launched a civil case for damages against the paper over the publication of the distressing pictures..
According to the BBC, as a result Mr Hosany issued a public apology published by the paper on Sunday.
He said he sincerely regrets publishing the photos and that he had not meant to "hurt or bring into disrepute the unblemished name and personality of the McAreavey family".
Mr Hosany said the primary purpose of the photos was to "highlight the cruelty and cowardice" of the perpetrators.
The suit was for damages against the publisher StarPrint and the editor and was reported to be around £300,000.
In May, John McAreavey opened up about why he returned to the hotel where his wife Michaela was murdered on honeymoon.
The Co Down man had insisted he did not want to return, but changed his mind on the final day of a five-day visit to Mauritius.
Speaking to BBC Newsline, Mr McAreavey said: "Sometimes you just have to face the pain straight on, and do what you have to do."
Mr McAreavey met hotel management asking for their help in finding new information about Michaela's death.
Mr McAreavey was joined by his sister, Claire, who is a lawyer and Mark Harte, the eldest of Michaela's three brothers.
They offered a reward of 2m Mauritian rupees (£44,000) - almost twice the average annual salary for information that leads to a conviction.
