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Elmhurst tenants face murder charges

KEW GARDENS — Two tenants from an Elmhurst brownstone are on trial for attempted murder in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens after allegedly being hired by the landlord to forcibly remove another two tenants from the rent-controlled building, where

One of the victims, William Lavery, offered a detailed account of the March 4, 2003 attack while testifying last Thursday, the paper said.

Prosecutors allege that David Robles and Danny Machuca sneaked into the apartment Lavery shared with his brother at 40-18 Ithaca St. and attacked them at knifepoint, Newsday reported.