Uninvited party guest guilty of killing man

A 32-year-old has been found guilty of killing a man in his Tipperary home after the accused arrived uninvited to the victim’s Christmas celebrations.

The Central Criminal Court heard that Gintaras Brazauskas, aged 29 died in the early hours of St Stephen’s Day 2008 after seven stab wounds.

Egidijus Kiaulakis, of Coille Bheithe in Nenagh, admitted stabbing the deceased but had pleaded not guilty to murder, saying he acted in self-defence.