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A jury in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow after nearly three hours of consideration on Monday. The defendant, a 22-year-old man of Polish nationality, stands accused of stabbing and beating a 41-year-old Polish man to death at Westside Apartments in Letterkenny, County Donegal, on 13 May 2013. The accused has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, a plea the State declined to accept. Following a trial lasting almost three weeks, Justice Patrick McCarthy directed the twelve-member jury that they may return a verdict of guilty of murder, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, or not guilty of murder. The jury will reconvene tomorrow morning to deliver its verdict.
Source: Courts News Ireland
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