Ashling Murphy Murder Trial: Jury shown her clothes and jewellery

33-year-old Jozef Puska, of Lynally Grove, Mucklagh in Co Offaly is on trial for her murder, which he denies
Andrew Lowth
Andrew Lowth

13.14 20 Oct 2023


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Ashling Murphy Murder Trial: J...

Ashling Murphy Murder Trial: Jury shown her clothes and jewellery

Andrew Lowth
Andrew Lowth

13.14 20 Oct 2023


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The jury in the Ashling Murphy murder trial has been shown clothes and jewellery she was wearing on the day she died.

33-year-old Jozef Puska, of Lynally Grove, Mucklagh in Co Offaly is on trial for her murder, which he denies.

This morning, Detective Garda Ronan Lawlor from the Garda Technical Bureau told the jury he examined the scene along the Grand Canal in Tullamore on January 12th, 2022.

He said Ashling was wearing a GAA top and white t-shirt, both of which were described as bloodstained, along with tracksuit bottoms and a grey scarf.

The t-shirt, top and scarf were shown to the jury of nine men and three women - along with two blue Nike runners, a watch, a pink hat, a ring, sunglasses and a necklace, which Detective Lawlor earlier described as having the word 'Ashling' on it.

Earlier, Paul McCabe, who was the clinical lead with the ambulance service tasked to the scene, gave evidence that they were called at 3:49pm on January 12th.

He said that when they arrived, GardaĆ­ were still applying CPR to Ms Murphy before she was brought out of the ditch and onto the footpath.

He said that they decided not to use the defibrillator by that time, as she had shown no signs of life and that she was dead.

The jury was also shown CCTV footage this morning, with more expected this afternoon.

Main image: Split-screen shows Ashling Murphy and the exterior of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin

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