Rihards Lavickis pleads guilty to manslaughter in murder trial

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Rihards Lavickis pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. The State did not accept the manslaughter plea. He was charged with murdering Akadiusz ‘Arik’ Czajkowski at Rue Noyal Chatillon, Longford, on 1 November 2016.

Inita Rozkalna gave evidence on 12 March 2019, the second day of the trial at the Central Criminal Court. She told the trial that Czajkowski had attacked Lavickis with a knuckle duster and identified a knife she had found in their bedroom.

The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Michael White and a jury. The proceedings were reported on 13 March 2019.