Murder victim 'was writing letters to man in England'

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife in Castleknock in August 2007 has heard that problems in their marriage began in June of that year and that she had been writing letters to a man in England.

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