Badri Khvedelidze on trial for murder in Tralee

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Badri Khvedelidze was on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court, with closing arguments reported on 2 November 2015.

He denied murdering fellow Georgian George Tkeshelashvili at Westward Court in Tralee, Co Kerry, on 15 October 2005.

The prosecution alleged he stabbed Mr Tkeshelashvili after an argument over a game of backgammon.

Defence counsel challenged the credibility of a key witness and highlighted another witness's failure to identify Mr Khvedelidze.

Justice Isobel Kennedy told jurors they could return verdicts of murder, manslaughter or not guilty, before deliberations began.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.