Tomasz Paszkiewicz has been cleared of murder, but convicted of the manslaughter of fellow Polish man Marek Swider in Co Cavan, who he killed with a boning knife from a meat factory’s ‘kill floor’.

A meat factory worker told gardai that he ‘probably’ got the knife that he used on the factory’s ‘kill floor’ from his kitchen before using it to kill his poker opponent at their Cavan home.

A 39-year-old man has admitted killing his housemate, following a row over a New Year’s Eve poker game at their Cavan home. He stabbed him with a knife he used in his job on the ‘kill floor’ in a meat plant.