Man accused of murdering wife and children to go on trial

 Sameer Syed, centre, at the funeral of his wife and children.

A 37-year-old man accused of murdering his wife and two young children at their south Dublin home will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in June next year.

Sameer Syed of Grosvenor Lodge, Rathmines, Dublin 6 is charged with murdering his wife Seema Banu, aged 37, his 11-year-old daughter Asfira Riza and 6-year-old son Faizan Syed at Llewellyn Court, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 on October 28 last year.