The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife has heard the couple's children that they never saw their father strike their mother.
Anton Mulder (44) of Maelduin, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, originally from South Africa pleaded not guilty to the murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of his wife Colleen Suzanne Mulder.
She was found dead in the bedroom of their house at the same address on December 17th 2004.
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday two of Anton and Colleen Mulder's children said in their evidence that never say their father hit their mother, despite the fact the relationship was not good.
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The case, which is being heard in front of Mr Justice Philip O'Sullivan by a jury of ten men and two women, resumes tomorrow.