Introducing The Trial: Ashling Murphy

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesThe Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript.Follow us on instagram @thetrialpodEmail us [email protected] us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) A Daily Mail production.Seriously Popular. 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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesThe Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript.Follow us on instagram @thetrialpodEmail us [email protected] us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) A Daily Mail production.Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.