A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of attempted murder of his ex-wife at the Central Criminal Court today returned a verdict of not guilty after just 44 minutes.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of his ex-wife heard the prosecution closing speech today say the intention of the accused was to "strangle her to death".

The ex-wife of a 39-year-old Dublin man accused of her attempted murder today told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that on March 29, 2000, her ex-husband was "trying to kill me".