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Paul Healy

Man accused of cruise ship mystery murder insists he did not kill his wife

A man accused of murdering his wife on a cruise ship has insisted: “I am not a killer.”

German national Daniel Belling, 49, who is living in Coolock, North Dublin, is on trial in absentia in Italy – accused of murdering his missing wife Xing-Li, 38, while they were on a Mediterranean cruise in 2017.

And just last week Mr Belling was before an Irish court, where he received a three-year suspended sentence for falsifying documents to obtain a mortgage – something he blamed his missing wife for.

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