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.

The defence barrister in a Dublin murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has suggested to a prosecution witness that he might be the killer.