Barrister suggests to witness that murder accused was 'trying to assist' Ashling Murphy

A witness said Jozef Puska's teeth were 'gritted' on the day of the alleged incident and he had 'this angry kind of facial expression'

Jozef Puska (pictured) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Murphy at Cappincur, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on January 12, 2022.

A lawyer for Jozef Puska, who is on trial accused of murdering 23-year-old schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, has suggested that the accused was trying to assist Ms Murphy and stop her bleeding when a jogger arrived at the scene.

The trial heard on Wednesday from a series of witnesses who were walking, jogging, cycling or working along the canal in Tullamore on January 12 last year on the afternoon when Ms Murphy was found dead in undergrowth beside the Grand Canal walkway.