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Christopher Hoare is a dedicated family man with an “impeccable” work ethic, his former boss told an Ottawa court Monday.

Hoare was a “phenomenal” hard-working real estate agent —­ the best in Ottawa — testified Paul Rushforth.

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“He was the ‘king of the kings,'” Rushforth testified.

Hoare was also “a little unusual” in that he religiously blocked off more than two hours in the early evening to be with his wife and five children and would not take business calls until the family supper and other domestic chores were over.

Hoare has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to murder his wife, aggravated assault and choking. He pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a weapon.

Hoare is accused of hitting his 43-year-old wife, Kirsten Côté, several times with a baseball bat in the garage of the family’s Orléans home and trying to suffocate her on April 2, 2014.

The bat had been an Easter present to the couple’s son.