Western Daily Press (Saturday)
Trial date set for double murder
ATRIAL date has been set for a 39-year-old man charged with murdering his wife and daughter at their home in Salisbury.
Marcin Zdun was arrested after an incident at the house on Wessex Road on Monday.
His wife Aneta Zdun, 40, and daughter Nikoleta Zdun, 18, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Zdun, wearing a blue sweatshirt, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and to confirm his nationality as Polish, during a short hearing at Winchester Crown Court.
Judge Keith Cutler set a trial to take place on November 30 with a pre-trial hearing to take place on July 20.
He told the defendant: “I now put your case back until July 20, I would hope on that day you will be appearing here before me again.
“And on that day your barrister will attend and the indictment with the charges will be put to you and if your plea is one of not guilty then a trial pencilled in for November 30.
“In the meantime you remanded in custody.”
Wiltshire Police previously said it had received a call from a member of the public at 2.45pm on Monday following concerns for the occupants of a house on Wes
are sex Road. Officers attended the scene and discovered the body of one woman.
Another woman was found seriously injured and was pronounced dead by paramedics a short time later.
In a statement issued after the court hearing, Mrs Zdun’s employer Wessex Care paid tribute to her as a “beloved colleague and friend”.
The company said Mrs Zdun was a “well-loved and wellknown” member of staff who worked in the community team.
“Those of you who knew Aneta personally and professionally will know what a warm, kind and caring individual she was,” a spokeswoman said.