Jury finds Slovakian guilty of manslaughter

A 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.

Josef Szabo of Rathlin House, Waterville, Blanchardstown was charged with murdering Robert Kwiatkowski on April 20, 2007, at their apartment in Rathlin House. He pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court and denied having anything to do with the killing.