Man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy to face trial next year

Ms Murphy was fatally assaulted while she was out jogging along the Grand Canal in Tullamore.

Jozef Puska (centre) is charged with murdering the 23-year-old primary school teacher at Cappincur, Tullamore, on the afternoon of January 12, 2022. File photo: Brian Lawless/PA

A 31-year-old man accused of murdering school teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in June next year.

Jozef Puska, with an address at Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Co. Offaly, is charged with murdering the 23-year-old primary school teacher at Cappincur, Tullamore, on the afternoon of January 12, 2022.