Jozef Puska 'admitted to murder', Ashling Murphy murder trial told

The court heard that the accused, through an interpreter, told gardaí: 'I did it, I murdered, I am the murderer'

The prosecution told the jury on Tuesday that Jozef Puska (pictured) had told a garda: 'I didn't do it intentionally, I feel guilty and I am sorry.'

Jozef Puska "admitted to murder" when gardaí investigating the death of Ashling Murphy spoke to him two days after the 23-year-old schoolteacher was found dead beside the Grand Canal in Tullamore, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.

Anne-Marie Lawlor SC opened the case on Tuesday morning for the prosecution before a jury of three women and nine men at the Central Criminal Court. She said that the evidence will show that Ms Murphy suffered 11 stab wounds to the right side of her neck while she was out for a run after work on January 12 last year.