Valerijs Leitons jailed for manslaughter in Dublin knife attack

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Valerijs Leitons was sentenced to 13 years, with the final year suspended, for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court on 18 January 2022.

A jury had rejected his insanity plea and found manslaughter with substantially diminished responsibility after Skaidrite Valdgeima was stabbed at a Dublin aparthotel in June 2019.