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Miklos Bolza

'Valentine's Day murder' case dropped after two trials

Prosecutors won't pursue a third murder trial against Naji Fakhreddine. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A taxi driver will not face a third trial over the murder of a German national who was bludgeoned to death in his apartment on Valentine's Day almost two decades ago.

Naji Fakhreddine, 69, had been accused of murdering Bernd Lehmann on February 14, 2008 following a sexual encounter in his apartment in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Ashfield.

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