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Tue 06 Jun 2007O'Reilly asked wife to forgive him in coffin letter, trial toldRachel O'Reilly murder trial:Joe O'Reilly, who is accused of murdering his wife at the family home, left a letter in the coffin asking her forgiveness, a jury in the Central Criminal Court was told yesterday.Mr O'Reilly (35), Lambay View, Baldarragh, The Naul, Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Rachel O'Reilly (30), the mother of their two children, at the family home on October 4th, 2004.