Tomasz Paszkiewicz pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Tomasz Paszkiewicz pleaded guilty to manslaughter and not guilty to the murder of Marek Swider.

Swider was killed at their shared home in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, on 1 January 2018.

The proceedings were reported on 1 July 2019.

Garda Razvan Ghetau told the trial that he initially thought Paszkiewicz was joking when he reported killing his friend.

The trial continued at the Central Criminal Court before Ms Justice Tara Burns, with the murder charge unresolved in the report.