Meat factory worker found guilty of killing poker opponent with knife from factory's 'kill floor'

Tomasz Paszkiewicz has been cleared of murder, but convicted of the manslaughter of fellow Polish man Marek Swider in Co Cavan, who he killed with a boning knife from a meat factory’s ‘kill floor’.

A meat factory worker has been cleared of murder, but convicted of the manslaughter of the poker opponent he killed with a boning knife from the factory’s "kill floor".

He told gardaí that he didn’t have any thoughts in his brain at the time, and the defence argued that this showed lack of intent.