Murder trial jury sent to hotel

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of his wife will resume its deliberations …

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of his wife will resume its deliberations today after an overnight stay in a hotel.

Mr John Diver (60) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife, Geraldine (42), who was found strangled in her car outside Buckley's builders' providers on Robinhood Road, Clondalkin, on December 2nd 1996. The couple and their two children, a boy aged nine at the time and a girl aged 13, lived at Kilnamanagh Road, Walkinstown, Dublin.

The trial has lasted six weeks.

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