A 42-year-old man has gone on trial at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork.
He was charged with the murder of his wife at their home in Wilton in the summer of 2023.
Regin Parithapara Rajan was previously charged with the murder of his wife, Deepa Dinamani at Cardinal Court in Wilton, on July 14th, 2023.
Ms Dinamani was a 38 year old mother of one from Kerala in Southern India who moved to Ireland in the months before her death.
Mr Rajan who is also a native of India pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms Dinamani contrary to Common Law when he was arraigned this morning.
The trial is expected to last up to three weeks and will involve a “significant number of witnesses.”
They will be given an outline of the case this afternoon by the prosecution counsel.
