Friend felt murder accused was 'mentally devastated' and suicidal

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a witness testified that Rafal Karaczyn, aged 34, of Crozon Park, Sligo, appeared emotionally distressed in the months preceding his wife's death. The friend told the jury he believed Karaczyn was depressed and suicidal, and had invited him to move in to escape trouble. Karaczyn has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of his wife Natalia, aged 30, who…