Lithuanian jailed for stabbing best friend

A Lithuanian national who killed his best friend in a drunken row has been jailed for nine years by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gertautas Suslavicivs (aged 23), from Rugiu Street, Vilnius pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing Paulis Tautkis by stabbing him at their then residence on Oak Avenue, Royal Oak, Santry on July 30, 2006.