SARAH'S KILLER PLEADS GUILTY

Ex who stabbed Irishwoman 19 times in New York is facing 24 years in jail

- BY MICHAEL O'TOOLE Crime and Defence Editor

THE man who stabbed his Irish former partner to death has admitted his guilt - and is now facing 24 years behind bars.

Marcin Pieciak pleaded guilty on Thursday to the March 2024 manslaughter of Sarah McNally, 41, in the New York pub she worked in - and will now be sentenced at the end of November.

But prosecutors said they expected Pieciak, 37, to be given a 24-year jail term as well as five years of post release supervision.

Pieciak has been in custody since the horror attack on Longford native Ms McNally at Ceili House Bar in Mespeth, Queens, US, last year.