Bin man killed housemate in row over butcher’s ribs

A 38-year-old man has been cleared of murdering but convicted of killing his housemate, who had failed to bring home ribs from the butcher.

Bin man killed housemate in row over butcher’s ribs

The Central Criminal Court trial heard that both men had spent the day drinking with another man in their house in Laois.

The killer sent his 26-year-old housemate out to buy cider and ribs that afternoon, but he arrived home without the ribs. His housemate became “offended” when he would not go back out for them and stabbed him with a kitchen knife.

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