Ireland Named in reporting
Skaidrite Valdgeima
Born 1987, from the ages reported. 9 reports across 1 case, 5 Oct 2021 to 18 Jan 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1987, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Latvian, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Manslaughter (knife attack)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 9 reports, 5 Oct 2021 to 18 Jan 2022
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, rte.ie, kildarenow.com
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in Dublin Manslaughter (knife attack) · Co. Dublin
Valerijs Leitons, 25, a Latvian man, stabbed Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, a Latvian woman, over 50 times at the Binary Hub aparthotel on Bonham Street, Dublin 8, on 26 June 2019. The couple had met at a concert in May 2019, and Leitons, who had paranoid schizophrenia, had stopped taking his medication before the attack. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but in October 2021 a jury at the Central Criminal Court rejected the plea and found him guilty of manslaughter on diminished responsibility by a 10-to-2 majority. On 18 January 2022, Justice Paul Burns sentenced him to 13 years in prison with the final year suspended for five years, backdated to 27 June 2019.
Sentenced, 8 Dec 2021Victim · 9 reports
Timeline
every report naming Skaidrite Valdgeima, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 18 Jan2022Man jailed for manslaughter of woman in Dublin in 2019victim, Saidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSaidrite Valdgeima
- 18 Jan202212-year sentence for man who killed woman in knife attack after jury's rejection of 'insanity' pleavictim, Saidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSaidrite Valdgeima
- 18 Jan2022Man jailed for 12 years for manslaughter of womanvictim, Saidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSaidrite Valdgeima
- 8 Dec2021Man stabbed lover to death because he thought she was FBI agentvictim, Saidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSaidrite Valdgeima
- 12 Oct2021Man with paranoid schizophrenia who stabbed woman to death found guilty of manslaughtervictim, Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, non-irish (judged from name)Skaidrite Valdgeima
- 12 Oct2021Man with paranoid schizophrenia found guilty of woman’s manslaughtervictim, Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSkaidrite Valdgeima
- 7 Oct2021Jury to decide if man accused of murdering woman not guilty by reason of insanityvictim, Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSkaidrite Valdgeima
- 6 Oct2021Man had paranoid schizophrenia when he stabbed woman to death, trial hearsvictim, Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, Latvian, non-irishSkaidrite Valdgeima
- 5 Oct2021Man accused of murdering woman told gardaí ‘we were playing a sexual game’victim, Skaidrite Valdgeima, 34, female, non-irish (judged from name)Skaidrite Valdgeima
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