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Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of wife
Andrzej Benko has pleaded not guilty to the alleged attack on his wife.
A MAN HAS pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of his wife at their home in Dublin.
Andrzej Benko allegedly attacked his wife, Joanna Benko, with a hammer at the house in Mulhuddart in west Dublin.
His wife allegedly received serious injuries in the attack at 34 Ladyswell Road on 5 July 2010.
The jury of ten men and two women have been sworn in and the case is due to begin at the Courts of Criminal Justice this afternoon.
-Reporting by Paul Hosford
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