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Margaret Scheikowski

Missing woman's ex was violent, trial told

James "Jim" Scott Church has pleaded not guilty to murdering Leisl Smith. (AAP)

A former boyfriend of a missing woman was violent towards her and threatened to kill her if she became pregnant to someone else, a judge has been told.

Another man, James "Jim" Scott Church, 51, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Leisl Smith, who vanished from the NSW Central Coast on August 19, 2012.

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