Man admits killing flatmate with knife from meat factory 'kill floor' after row over poker game

A 39-year-old man has admitted killing his housemate, following a row over a New Year’s Eve poker game at their Cavan home. He stabbed him with a knife he used in his job on the ‘kill floor’ in a meat plant.

Tomasz Paszkiewicz is charged with murdering fellow Polish man Marek Swider (40) at their home on Dublin Street, Ballyjamesduff on January 1, 2018. He has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, and went on trial before the Central Criminal Court today.