Jozef Puska

Coverage of all today's developments as the prosecution begins outlining its case in the trial of 33-year-old Jozef Puska who is accused of murdering ...

A jury has been selected in the trial of a man accused of the murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy.

The trial of the man accused of murdering 23-year-old school teacher Ashling Murphy in Co Offaly is set to begin in the Central Criminal Court.

Jozef Puska, 33, who is accused of murdering Irish school teacher Ashling Murphy in 2022, pleads not guilty to the charge.

The court heard that the accused, through an interpreter, told gardaí: 'I did it, I murdered, I am the murderer'

The jury was told there was no prior connection 'of any kind' between the teacher and murder-accused Jozef Puska.

The man accused of the murder of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy confessed his involvement to gardaí two days later, the Central Criminal Court has been told.

Prosecutors say the schoolteacher was stabbed 11 times in the neck by Jozef Puska in County Offaly.

A man accused of murdering school teacher Ashling Murphy told gardai 'I did it', a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.