Man used hammer in bid to murder sleeping wife

A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder his sleeping wife by hitting her over the head with a hammer on her birthday.

Andrzej Benko, aged 42, of Ladyswell Rd, Mulhuddart, admitted hitting Joanna Benko’s head with a lump hammer at least three times but had pleaded not guilty to her attempted murder at that address on July 5, 2010.

The four-day trial heard Ms Benko is confined to a wheelchair most of the time due to her injuries.