Jozef Puska claims he witnessed Ashling Murphy's murder after he was stabbed

Jozef Puska told the court a man 'pulled the knife and he started threatening me'

Jozef Puska was accused by the prosecution of having "concocted yet another set of lies for this jury". Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Jozef Puska has told the Ashling Murphy trial that he was a “witness to her murder” and that he was stabbed three times by the same person who attacked the 23-year-old school teacher.

Mr Puska took the stand in his defence and has now completed his evidence before the Central Criminal Court. Under cross-examination he accepted that he had previously lied to gardaí but denied that he had "concocted yet another set of lies for this jury". He said he cannot remember alleged admissions that he made to murdering Ashling when he spoke to gardaí while he was in St James's Hospital in Dublin.