In a chilling revelation at the trial of 33-year-old Jozef Puska, accused of the murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy, witnesses testified to unsettling encounters near the crime scene. Ann Marie Kelly, a primary school teacher, recounted being followed by a man on a bicycle in Tullamore, Co Offaly, less than two hours before Murphy’s body was discovered.

Kelly described feeling intimidated as the man stared at her while cycling slowly behind her. Alarmed, she contacted the Gardaí after hearing about Murphy’s murder, as she believed the man following her might be connected. The prosecution emphasised the eerie nature of the man’s actions, alleging that he appeared to be deliberately intimidating her.

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