Rihards Lavickis on trial for murder in Longford

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Rihards Lavickis was on trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court on 14 February 2018.

He had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter after Akadiusz Czajkowski was fatally stabbed in Longford on 1 November 2016; the manslaughter plea was not accepted.

During the trial, Inita Rozkalne told defence counsel that she feared friends of the deceased might seek revenge after the stabbing.