Puska's brother tells court of conversation

JOZEF Puska's brother denied to gardai that he told someone to dispose of the knife used to murder schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

- BY RYAN DUNNE

The jury also heard Lubomir Puska Jr, 37, denied he had asked anyone to dispose of the clothes worn by his brother on the day Jozef Puska murdered Ms Murphy.

Jozef Puska, 35, attacked Ms Murphy, 23, on the canal towpath at Cappincur in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on January 12, 2022.

She died having suffered 12 sharp force injuries to her neck, 11 of which were stab wounds.