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Businessman John Chardon will face trial, charged with murder of wife Novy

A millionaire businessman accused of shooting the mother of his children then dumping her body in the Gold Coast Seaway will face trial in August, a court has heard.

John William Chardon will face trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane in August.
John William Chardon will face trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane in August.

A millionaire businessman accused of shooting the mother of his children then dumping her body in the Gold Coast Seaway will face trial in August, a court has heard.

Supreme Court Justice Martin Burns set the date of August 12 for the start of John Chardon’s four-week jury trial before Justice Ann Lyons, the Senior Judge Administrator.

Chardon’s wife Novy, 34, disappeared on February 6, 2013. Her body was never found.

Her husband was charged with her murder three years later.

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