Jozef Puska has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms Murphy on January 12, 2022Trial told the 23-year-old teacher was stabbed 11 times in the right side of her neckJury hears Mr Puska had no connection with the 23-year-old
Josef Puska (inset) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Offaly schoolteacher Ashling Murphy
Murder accused Jozef Puska told gardaí “I did it. I murdered. I am the murderer” when officers spoke to him two days after Ashling Murphy was killed, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Ashling Murphy and Josef Puska (33) did not know each other and had no prior connection with each other, prosecutor Anne-Marie Lawlor SC said in her opening address to the jury.
