Jozef Puska's wife and brothers charged with withholding information into Ashling Murphy murder case

Judge Cody remanded all five defendants on continuing bail and sent each of them forward to the next sitting of the Central Criminal Court

Jozef Puska (pictured) was given the mandatory life sentence in prison for the murder of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy in Co Offaly last year.

The wife of convicted murderer Jozef Puska has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court charged with withholding information into the investigation of the killing of Ashling Murphy.

Puska’s wife Lucia Istokova, 34, was one of five people to appear before Tullamore District Court on Wednesday afternoon in relation to the investigation into the murder of Ms Murphy. Two of Puska’s brothers have also been charged with withholding information into the murder investigation and have also been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.