Marta Herda pleads not guilty to murder charge in Arklow

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Marta Herda has pleaded not guilty to murdering Csaba Orsas. The proceedings were reported on 5 July 2016. Her trial opened at the Central Criminal Court on 5 July 2016. The alleged murder occurred at South Quay, Arklow, on 26 March 2013. Prosecutors alleged she deliberately drove a car carrying Mr Orsas through barriers and into the harbour. The prosecution said Herda could swim and knew Mr Orsas could not. Mr Orsas died by drowning, according to evidence summarised in court. The trial, before Mr Justice McCarthy and a jury, was expected to last three weeks.