In a harrowing trial at the Central Criminal Court, the details of the brutal murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy were revealed. The court heard that Ms. Murphy suffered 12 wounds to her neck, with State Pathologist Dr. SallyAnne Collis describing 11 of them as stab wounds. One of the stab wounds damaged both sides of her voice box, rendering her unable to speak or make any intelligible sound.
The accused, 33-year-old Jozef Puska, has pleaded not guilty to the murder that occurred beside the Grand Canal in Tullamore on January 12, 2022. Dr. Collis emphasised that Ms. Murphy’s death was primarily caused by the stab wounds, which damaged major veins and a major artery.
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