Jury hears closing arguments in trial of Jozef Puska

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Jozef Puska brutally killed Ashling Murphy, told contemptible lies and the evidence against him is overwhelming, the prosecution has told the jury in his trial.

However, lawyers for the defence have told the jurors that the evidence is not necessarily as clear and straightforward as the prosecution says.

She said it had never been suggested to any of the gardaí involved or to the interpreter that the words were not said Ms Lawlor told the jury that Ashling Murphy was an investigator in her own murder. She got the DNA of the person who killed her under her fingernails. What happened to Ashling Murphy was without justification, barbaric and horrible, he said, and it was futile to suggest that sympathy should not lie with the Murphy family who had sat in court with such dignity, listening to the evidence.

Mr Bowman cast doubt on the reliability of the data extracted from Ashling Murphy's Fitbit. He said it was not to be relied on. The prosecution were saying it was a rock solid foundation on which they could build their case - particularly in relation to timings. But he said there were questions about this material which had not been answered by the prosecution.

 

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