Jozef Puska spun 'foul and contemptible lies', Ashling Murphy murder trial told

Mr Puska's defence barrister, Michael Bowman, said what happened to Ms Murphy was 'without excuse, it is barbaric, it is horrible'

Anne-Marie Lawlor SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions described Jozef Puska (pictured) as an "inveterate liar". File picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Jozef Puska spun a "structure of lies and mistruths" which were "foul and contemptible in their nature" when he told his trial that he tried to save Ashling Murphy, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.

In delivering her closing speech to the jury, Anne-Marie Lawlor SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions described Mr Puska as an "inveterate liar" and said that she was reluctant to "give credence to a ludicrous fabricated story" that she said had been told by the accused.