Trial Hears Jozef Puska Told Gardaí He Was The Murderer

The 33-year-old of Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Co. Offaly, denies the schoolteacher's murder along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore on January 12th, 2022.This morning, Detective Sergeant Brian Jennings from Birr Garda Station gave evidence of two interactions he had with Mr. Puska while he was at St James’s Hospital on January 14th, 2022.

In the first interaction, Detective Sergeant Jennings said they spoke to Mr. Puska about being driven up to Dublin, and a taxi trip to Blanchardstown where Mr. Puska claimed he was attacked by two men. Here, he told the jury that Jozef Puska was speaking freely, that an interpreter struggling to keep up with him and that he was fully awake and engaging.

Later that evening, Detective Sergeant Jennings re-entered the hospital with another colleague who had a search warrant. They arranged an interpreter and Detective Sergeant Jennings said the murder of Ashling Murphy was on the warrant.He said that, later through the interpreter, Mr. Puska said: “I did it, I murdered, I am the murderer.”He said Mr. Puska went on to ask if his name or address would be published – and whether his family was safe.Share this article

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