He was arrested on January 19th 2022.
The jury in the Ashling Murphy murder trial has heard details of Jozef Puska’s arrest after leaving hospital.
33-year-old Mr Puska, of Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Co Offaly, denies murdering Ashling Murphy on the 12th of January 2022.
Detective Sgt David Scahill told the jury he arrested Jozef Puska after he was discharged from St James’ Hospital on the morning of the 18th of January 2022.
He said Mr Puska was brought to Tullamore Garda Station to be questioned, and was officially charged 7:42pm the following evening – January 19th.
Under cross examination, defence barrister Michael Bowman asked if Det Sgt Scahill noticed a crowd outside the front of Tullamore Garda Station.
He said he couldn’t recall as he came through the back entrance of the station.
Earlier, the court heard a DNA profile found from under Ashling Murphy’s fingernails matched those from samples taken from Jozef Puska.
Dr Lorna Flanagan said there was a 1 in 14 thousand chance that DNA profile belonged to someone unrelated to the accused.The trial continues next week.
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