The jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife ten years ago have been shown video footage of a person getting out from the car in which her body was discovered.

The man accused of killing his wife ten years exaggerated his level of drunkenness when gardaí called to his home, the Central Criminal Court heard.

A man accused killing his wife 10 years ago was seen sitting in the back of the car by a neighbour shortly before she was found strangled to death, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The trial of a man accused killing his wife ten years has heard that the dead woman died as a result of being strangled.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife ten years ago was told that the dead woman was found with a tie tied tightly around her neck, the Central Criminal Court heard.

The unavailability of the former State Pathologist Professor John Harbison will not create any difficulties in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife 10 years ago, the Central Criminal Court was told.

A SUPREME Court judge yesterday criticised the gardaí, saying they regularly avoided recording interviews, made selective notes and breached clear regulations in the belief such breaches would attract nothing worse than a judicial rebuke.