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Sat 03 Mar 2009'Callous provocation' led husband to kill wife

A FAMILY man who killed his wife did so following the most “callous and dreadful act of provocation”, his counsel told a court yesterday.

David Bourke (49) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife Jean Gilbert (46) at the family home in Laverna Dale, Castleknock, Co Dublin, on August 28th, 2007.