Nine years for man who used "kill floor" knife in manslaughter of poker opponent — Ballyjamesduff

A meat factory worker has been jailed for nine years for using his boning knife to kill his housemate after losing hundreds of euro to him in poker. The Central Criminal Court judge noted that the defendant had expertise in the use of the ‘extremely dangerous knife’. Ms Justice Tara Burns also said

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A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of his housemate in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan on New Year's Day 2018. Tomasz Paszkiewicz was convicted by jury of fatally stabbing Marek Swider, aged 40, with a boning knife following a dispute over money lost in a poker game. The defendant was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter…