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Tue 03 Mar 2009Murder trial hears children tell how father stabbed wife
THE TRIAL of a man accused of murdering his wife in Dublin in August 2007 has heard that he stabbed her in front of their three children. The jury at the Central Criminal Court also heard that David Bourke (49) told gardaí he killed his wife because he thought she was going to leave him.
Mr Bourke has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jean Gilbert (46) at their home at Laverna Dale, Castleknock, Co Dublin, on August 28th, 2007.
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