A medical expert on pharmacology and toxicology has told the trial of the man accused of the murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy, that there was no evidence to suggest his admissions to the murder in hospital two days later, were related to the effects of any drug.
Jozef Puska, 33, and from Mucklagh in Co Offaly, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 23-year-old Ms Murphy at Grand Canal Way in Tullamore, on 12 January 2022.
Professor Ryan said he had received an extensive file of documents and had reviewed them all going back to the morning when an ambulance was called for Mr Puska on the morning of 13 January. He said he examined all the drugs administered to Mr Puska from then on, and how long these drugs would have stayed in his system for.
He said the only drug in Mr Puska's system on 14 January, that could have had an effect on mood or behaviour was an opiate called oxycodone, which is extensively used for pain relief in post operative procedures. The professor said the doses of oxycodone received by Mr Puska were at the lower end of the therapeutic scale.
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