The taking of Jozef Puska's DNA by Tullamore gardaí was a crucial step in the investigation, writes Barry Cummins.
The taking of Jozef Puska's DNA by Tullamore gardaí was a crucial step in the investigation, writes Prime Time's Security Correspondent Barry Cummins.
Speaking through a translator on a phone loudspeaker, that evening Jozef Puska made incriminating comments. He would spend more than 24 hours in Tullamore station before being eliminated as a suspect and released without charge. After entering through the back door of the garda station, Puska was brought to a processing room. His height was taken and his personal details.
Evidence would emerge during the trial that Ashling Murphy fought for her life. A witness described seeing how - as she lay in the undergrowth with Puska on top of her - Ashling was moving every part of her body that she could to summon help. More than 25,000 hours of CCTV was analysed by a small team of detectives led by Detective David Harney at Tullamore station. A lot of the footage was from the day of the murder.Numerous cameras followed his journey up Main Street, and then around the garda station.
Gardaí worked through the night in the first week of the investigation. Things were fast moving, and there was a national public outcry.
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