A Slovakian father-of-two has been sentenced to seven years in prison for killing his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.

A 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.

The closing stages have been reached at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener charged with murdering his Polish flatmate.

A 51-year-old Slovakian man accused of murdering his flatmate told investigating gardaí that he had pushed the deceased out of his bedroom sometime before the stab victim was found in a pool of blood.