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Irishman jailed by Spanish court after admitting to killing landlord and dumping body parts around Barcelona city

AN IRISHMAN has been jailed for more than 10 years by a Spanish court after admitting killing his landlord and dumping his body in a waste container. The Irish native was arrested after the body parts find in Advertisement 2 An Irishman has been jailed for more than 10 years after admitting killing his landlord in Barcelona Credit: Alamy 2 The Irishman was arrested in 2022 Credit: Getty Images The 53-year-old admitted his crime on day one of a trial in the Catalan capital. Public prosecutors had demanded a 12-year He ended up being caged for 10 years after pleading guilty to a charge of A mental disorder he is said to be suffering was taken into account as a mitigating circumstance. Advertisement READ MORE IN NEWS Prosecutors had accused the self-confessed killer of fatally attacking the victim, a German named only as Alex R, two days after he had sub-let him a room in a seventh-floor flat in a central Barcelona street called Calle Casanova. They alleged he had subsequently cut up his body and spent the next few days leaving his dismembered body parts around the city. A scrap dealer searching through street rubbish containers alerted the authorities after opening up a black suitcase with a strong smell coming from it yards from the apartment and discovering the victim's torso. Alex R's Irish tenant was arrested after the dead man was identified through DNA tests along with a Advertisement Most read in Irish News CCTV footage obtained from a nearby garage and a bank across the street were said at the time to have played a vital role in the arrest of the Irishman. Police revealed at the time the rubbish container where the torso was found was just 15 metres from the apartment block where the killing occurred. Cops launch new body cams for officers in hope to 'increase safety for Gardaí and the public' The scrap dealer, named only as Chiprian, told local media after making the gruesome discovery: 'My work involves going through the rubbish and when I saw the black case I thought I had found something good. 'When I opened it up to see what was inside I was hit by a terrible smell, which at first I thought was rotting meat a bar had thrown out or remains of food. Advertisement 'It was only when I pushed the zip back a bit further I saw it was a body." GRIM FIND He added: 'I informed a kiosk owner I know who was in the area and told him to look inside as well and he thought at first it was a mannequin.' The killer claimed after his arrest he got into a fight with his victim and didn't intend to end his life when he hit him, although further details did not emerge at his trial because of his plea bargain deal. Court officials are still trying to track down a sister of the dead man, believed to live in Advertisement