Monika Matracka on trial for housemate's murder

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Monika Matracka is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for murdering her housemate, and the proceedings were reported on 8 February 2017.

She has denied murdering Michal Rejmer and says she acted in self-defence. The prosecution said she told gardaí that Rejmer entered her room with a knife, grabbed and shook her, and demanded money. She said he fell down the stairs, then she stabbed him when he tried to get up.

The report said Rejmer was found covered with plastic in the back garden on 8 January 2016, after being reported missing on 6 January. A post-mortem examination found multiple stab wounds to his arms and defensive wounds on his hands. The trial was expected to last two weeks.