Jozef Puska (35) murdered Ms Murphy (23) on January 12, 2022, by repeatedly stabbing her in the neck after attacking her while she exercised along the canal towpath outside Tullamore, Co Offaly

Marek Puska and Lubomir Puska are accused of withholding information that was crucial to the investigation into Ashling Murphy's murder in January 2022.

Lawyers for Puska's sisters-in-law, Jozefina Grundzova (32) and Viera Gaziova (40), delivered their closing speeches to a jury this afternoon. The two women are on trial with their husbands, Marek Puska (36) and Lubomir Puska Jnr (38).

Jozef Puska's brother, Marek, was protecting himself, not Jozef, when he withheld information from gardaí who were investigating the murder of Ashling Murphy, a lawyer has told the Central Criminal Court

Jozefina Grundzova (32), who is married to Jozef's brother Marek Puska (36), is charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Jozef Puska by assisting in burning his clothes.

The jury also heard that Lubomir Puska Jnr (37) denied that he had asked anyone to dispose of the clothes worn by his brother on the day Jozef Puska murdered Ms Murphy.

23-year-old Ashling Murphy was out jogging on the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, when she was murdered

Marek Puska (L) and Lubomir Puska (R) are accused of withholding information that was crucial to the investigation into Ashling Murphy's murder in January 2022

Gardaí became aware that the then suspect's clothes may have been burned in the fireplace at the Puska home in Mucklagh, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

The trial has begun of two brothers and their wives, who are accused of withholding information or assisting Jozef Puska

The 23-year-old was out jogging on the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, when she was murdered three years ago today.

Puska was found guilty of Ashling Murphy's murder by a unanimous verdict following a trial last year

Puska’s sentence reopened conversations from when Ms Murphy was killed last year, about how many women perceive men in general to be a threat to their safety

Ashling Murphy's brother Cathal and boyfriend Ryan Casey spoke outside the Central Criminal Court on Thursday after Jozef Puska was found guilty of her murder

The jury returned a unanimous verdict

Jozef Puska (33) has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 23-year-old in January 2022

Mr Justice Tony Hunt made the comments while charging the jury of nine men and three women.

Jozef Puska's defence team finished their evidence on Monday

Jozef Puska has taken the stand in his defence

Ashling Murphy was killed while exercising on a canal path in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on January 12th, 2022.

Jozef Puska is accused of murdering schoolteacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Co Offaly in January 2022

Jozef Puska, of Lynally Grove in Mucklagh, Tullamore, has pleaded not guilty to the schoolteacher’s murder.

Professor of Pharmacology Michael Ryan gave evidence in the trial of Jozef Puska at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday

Dr Flanagan isolated the male DNA present in the swabs by focusing only on the y-chromosome to eliminate Ms Murphy's DNA from her results.

He told Anne-Marie Lawlor SC, for the prosecution, that gardaí told Mr Puska that they had a warrant to seize his belongings as part of a murder investigation.

Detective Sergeant Brian Jennings said that Mr Puska "reiterated" how sorry he was and said that he "didn't do it intentionally."

A garda told the court that the Fitbit smartwatch no longer picks up a heartrate after 3.31pm.

Rostislav Pokuta told the court that Jozef Puska ‘didn’t look like himself’ when he arrived at his home on January 12th last year.

The prosecuting barrister told the court the man is Jozef Puska

Josef Puska (32) is charged with the 23-year-old primary school teacher

Jozef Puska (32) is charged with murdering the 23-year-old at Cappincur, Tullamore on January 12th, 2022