Murder accused was proficient with a knife from boning cow heads, court hears

Tomasz Paszkiewicz (39) has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of fellow Polish man Marek Swider (40) at their home on Dublin Street, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan on January 1, 2018.

A murder accused agreed with gardaí that he had become proficient with a knife from years of boning cows’ heads in a meat plant.

He was being interviewed after handing himself in at a Cork garda station for stabbing his housemate in Cavan days earlier.