Jozef Puska's brother denied telling someone to dispose of knife used to murder Ashling Murphy, jury told

The jury at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday watched video footage of Lubomir Jnr's interview with gardaí in which he said he returned home on the day Ms Murphy was murdered to find his brother Jozef looking 'like he was beaten by someone'

Lubomir Puska Jnr told gardaí in an interview in January 2022 that his brother Jozef Puska (pictured) had said that he had wanted to kill himself and he had done a 'horrendous thing'. File picture

Jozef Puska's brother denied to gardaí that he told someone to dispose of the knife used to murder schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The jury also heard that Lubomir Puska Jnr (aged 37) denied that he had asked anyone to dispose of the clothes worn by his brother on the day Jozef Puska murdered Ms Murphy. Jozef Puska (aged 35) attacked Ms Murphy (aged 23) on the canal towpath at Cappincur in Tullamore on January 12, 2022. She died having suffered 12 sharp force injuries to her neck, 11 of which were stab wounds.