The Trial: Ashling Murphy

In this episode, Caroline and Nicola bring you the emotional victim impact statements of Ashling Murphy's partner, sister, and mother. These statements were read in court to Jozef Puska as he was sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, Caroline and Nicola look ahead to tomorrow's sentencing hearing for Jozef Puska who was found guilty of Ashling Murphy's murder last Thursday. They speak to Defence Barrister Eimear Delargy, who sheds some light on how sentencing in Ireland works and what we can expect tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Caroline and Nicola chat to Mary McDermott from Safe Ireland about what needs to be done now, in the wake of the conviction of Jozef Puska for Ashling’s murder, to enable more women to feel safe - not just walking the streets, but in their homes too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Caroline and Nicola explain more about Jozef Puska’s defence, and how he argued crucial CCTV evidence in the case should be thrown out because it breached his right to privacy. We’ll also hear from Forensic Psychologist Dr. Ciara Stanton about his possible motivation for the attack on Ashling.Follow The Trial: Ashing Murphy @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the jury, after just hours of deliberation, found Jozef Puska guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy. In this episode, Caroline and Nicola talk about Ashling, what her death means, what this verdict means and what kind of a light this trial has shone on the legal system.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Caroline and Nicola discuss Justice Tony Hunt’s charge to the Jury before he sent them out to begin deliberating their verdict at 15.34 today. In a five hour address to the nine man, three women panel, he broke down the evidence into five parts, confession, DNA, eye witnesses, lies and inferences. As part of this, he read a transcript of Jenna Stack’s evidence recounting how she saw Puska crouched over Ashling in a ditch by the Grand Canal. He also read parts of Jozef Puska’s testimony when he said he too had been attacked and he was trying to save Ashling.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Caroline and Nicola go over the closing speeches from the Prosecution and from the Defence.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Caroline and Nicola discuss the evidence of Jozef Puska who took the stand in his own defence on Thursday. His cross examination by Anne Marie Lawlor concluded on Friday afternoon when she accused him of concocting a pack of lies for the jury, a charge which Puska denied.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we hear about expert medical evidence which says that Jozef Puska was not under the influence of any drugs when he made his alleged confession on 14 January, two days after Ashling was killed. Emeritus Professor Michael Ryan of University College Dublin also pointed out that the abdominal surgery which Puska underwent on the previous day was not ‘major surgery’ but was a keyhole diagnostic procedure.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Caroline and Nicola go over what the court heard from witnesses that say Josef Puzka allegedly admitted from his hospital bed to killing Ashling Murphy.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Caroline and Nicola bring you the evidence the court heard about data on Ashling’s fitbit recorded the moment she was allegedly attacked. We also hear about a woman who told the court that Josef Puzka followed her to the canal minutes before he allegedly attacked and killed Ashling Murphy.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode of The Trial, Ashling Murphy, Caroline and Nicola discuss the opening statement of prosecuting counsel Anne Marie Lawlor who outlined the State’s case against Jozef Puska, and how two days after her death, he confessed, telling detectives “I’m the murderer”.The jury was also told there was just a 1 in 14,000 chance that DNA found under the fingernails of Ashling didn’t belong to Puska and that extensive CCTV evidence taken on the day of the murder saw him trailing two other women on his bicycle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode of The Trial, Ashling Murphy, Caroline and Nicola discuss the testimony of Jenna Stack who came across Jozef Puska and Ashling Murphy in the ditch at Grand Canal way, Tullamore minutes before she died. They also recap a harrowing week for the Murphy family which included hearing post mortem evidence that Ashling’s voice box was cut during an attack which saw her receive 11 stab wounds which ultimately caused her death. The jury also heard evidence this week from garda Tom Dunne who took the 999 call at Tullamore Garda station and was the first first policeman at the scene - he and his colleague performed CPR on Ashling for at least ten minutes but to no avail.Follow The Trial: Ashling Murphy on Twitter @TheTrialPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the team that brought you The Trial of Lucy Letby, this is The Trial: Ashling Murphy.Ashling Murphy was a 23yr old primary school teacher who was killed whilst jogging near Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland.Her death stunned the nation.Jozef Puška stands trial in Dublin Central Criminal Court, accused of her murder.Listen to the evidence and hear the details behind the headlines every Tuesday & Friday, from October 17th.Presented by Nicola Byrne, Deputy News Editor for Mail on Sunday Ireland and Broadcast Journalist Caroline Cheetham.This is a Mail Metro Media Audio production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.