Trial of Lithuanian man sees legal argument continue

The trial of a Lithuanian man for allegedly killing a fellow countryman after they spent the day drinking and playing chess has continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with legal argument in the absence of the jury.

Rimantas Padimanskis (aged 44) of Lios Cian, Swords, County Dublin has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Darijus Onusaitis on November 15 2005 by stabbing him.

The jury of nine men and three women will return to court to continue the hearing before Judge Tony Hunt when the legal argument concludes.