A woman has described being followed by a man on a bicycle in Tullamore, Co Offaly, as she was out on a walk on 12 January 2022, less than two hours before the body of school teacher Ashling Murphy was discovered in a ditch beside the Grand Canal
Ann Marie Kelly was giving evidence at the trial of 33-year-old Jozef Puska, who has denied the murder of Ms Murphy on 12 January last year.Primary school teacher Ann Marie Kelly told the jury at the Central Criminal Court that she made contact with gardaí when she first heard about the murder of Ms Murphy on the news on 12 January 2022.
She said the footpath widened and she stepped in to let the man pass but he would not pass, she said.She stopped and decided to look at her phone to make sure the man had to pass her.As he did so, she said he looked back and was staring directly at her for what felt like a few minutes but was probably a few seconds.
She wanted to cross over the lock as she wanted to get away from the man, but she was nervous about bringing the dog over the lock.The last person she saw was a girl in her mid-20s, she said, wearing a peachy-coloured hat.Her dog went running up to her and the girl was petting him for a bit The trial also heard from Beata Borowska who was seen on the CCTV footage walking towards Tesco in Tullamore shortly before Ms Kelly is seen on the footage.Ms Borowska identified herself on the footage, but she agreed she had no awareness of anyone behind her.
Mr Cusker said the man did not speak English to the paramedics and a family member translated for him.Paramedic Rian Finch said she saw three small puncture wounds across the man’s lower abdomen.
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