The jury had been instructed by Judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt to analyse all the evidence in the case clinically and forensically.
The case against Jozef Puska, the man convicted of murdering Ashling Murphy, was gathered from DNA evidence, eyewitnesses and the killer’s own interactions with police.
Irish police told the court that Puska confessed to the murder prior to his arrest while he was receiving medical treatment at St James’ Hospital in Dublin.Detective Garda Brian Jennings said Puska made the admission after he had been informed he was a “person of interest” in the murder of Ms Murphy.
He also read a “literal translation” from the interpreter: “When he said he committed the murder, he didn’t do it intentionally.”The prosecution insisted this was a confession while the defence questioned whether he was in a fit state to talk to gardai. Puska later said he did not remember much of his time in hospital and could not recall making the confession.
The prosecution had also presented the jury with DNA evidence they said linked Puska to the crime scene and the body of the deceased schoolteacher. Any inferences drawn could not be used on their own to sustain the guilty verdict but they could be used to corroborate or support other evidence against the accused.
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