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Only the headline is available, not the article body. It reports that the killer's family was jailed and that the court heard from Ashling Murphy's family.

Reports the sentencing of the five family members at the Central Criminal Court on 22 October 2025, after the June 2025 jury verdict. Adds the individual sentence lengths and the sentencing judge's remarks.

Reports the actual prison sentences handed to the five family members at the Central Criminal Court on 22 October 2025, with the judge's reasoning and the victim's family's statements.

Adds the sentences imposed on the five family members, the judge's reasoning including the psychological reports and cultural factors, and victim impact statements from the Murphy family.

Reports the jailing of Puska's family members, which follows the sentencing set in case 1378. The article text is template code, so only the headline supports these facts.

Sentencing of the five relatives, with jail terms for each, the victim's family's statements, and the judge's reasons for sentence.

Reports the sentences handed down to Marek Puska, Lubomir Puska, Lucia Istokova, Viera Gaziova and Jozefina Grundzova, and the judge's reasoning and suspended portions.

Reports the sentencing hearing (Tuesday 7 October 2025) for Puska's brothers Marek and Lubomir Puska and their wives Viera Gaziova and Jozefina Grundzova, plus Lucia Istokova, who pleaded guilty. Mitigation pleas were made and sentencing was adjourned to 22 October.

Reports the 7 October 2025 sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court, including the defence pleas, the prosecution's maximum sentences, the adjournment to 22 October and the judge's warning to the families.

Sentencing hearing on 7 October 2025 for the Puska relatives, with sentences due 22 October; judge warns of a very real risk of custodial sentences; states the five convicted people have 14 children under 16.

Relatives accept the jury's verdicts and will not appeal; sentencing is set for 7 October. Lucia Istokova had pleaded guilty before the trial. Probation and psychological reports are awaited.

Reports that the convicted family members accept the jury verdict and will not appeal; sentencing adjourned to 7 October 2025 by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs; details of probation and social work involvement for each defendant.

All four defendants accept the jury verdict and will not appeal; sentencing adjourned to 7 October 2025. Lucia Istokova, Jozef Puska's wife, also pleaded guilty before the trial commenced.

Confirms that the four family members accept their jury convictions of 17 June 2025 and will not appeal. Reports that Lucia Istokova pleaded guilty before the trial, that Ms Justice Biggs fixed 7 October for sentencing, and that legal aid will be extended for psychological reports.

Reports that the five have accepted the jury verdicts, that they are engaging with the Probation Services, that sentencing is fixed for 7 October, and gives the specific charges against Marek, Lubomir, Viera Gaziova and Jozefina Grundzova.

Reports that Istokova, Jozef Puska's wife, pleaded guilty to a single charge of withholding information, and that she knew he had admitted killing or seriously injuring a woman with a knife on the day of the murder. Adds the trial details, the court ruling on her statements, the reporting restriction and her bail status.

Adds the 17 June 2025 jury verdicts against the two brothers and the two wives, with sentence hearings set for 7 July.

Reports the jury verdicts against the two brothers and their wives, the court's findings on the offences, and that sentence hearings are set for 7 July.

Reports the guilty verdicts for the four Puska relatives on obstruction charges, including details of the jury deliberation (13h40m over five days for the brothers, 16 minutes for the wives), the specific information withheld, and remand for sentencing on 7 July.

Jury verdicts convict the two brothers and their two wives of obstruction offences; the four are remanded on bail until 7 July for sentence hearings.

Reports the jury verdicts at the Central Criminal Court: brothers found guilty unanimously, wives by majority (11-1 and 10-2). Details the withheld information including Puska returning home with visible injuries and admitting to killing a woman with a knife. Notes Lucia Istokova's pre-trial guilty plea and the July 7 mention date.

Reports guilty verdicts against the two wives and the two brothers, and that Lucia Istakova pleaded guilty on the first day of the trial. Adds that all five defendants are due back in court on 7 July and that probation reports were ordered.

Reveals that Lucia Ist0kova pleaded guilty on 19 May and that the court upheld reporting restrictions until the verdict; reports that all four defendants were found guilty today and that Ist0kova will be sentenced later.

Adds that Marek and Lubomir Puska were found guilty after a jury deliberated for 13 hours and 40 minutes, and that the jury has not reached verdicts on Gaziova and Grundzova, who face charges of assisting an offender by burning clothing. Gives the charge details and ages for each person.

Reports the guilty verdicts against Marek Puska, Lubomir Puska Jr, Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova, and gives the trial evidence, opening speech and defence arguments in detail.

Reports the jury verdicts: Marek Puska and Lubomir Puska Jr guilty of withholding information, and Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova guilty of burning clothes. It also reveals that Lucia Istokova pleaded guilty before trial. All five were remanded on continuing bail, with sentencing to be fixed at a mention on 7 July.

Reports that the jury (seven men and five women) began deliberating the previous Wednesday, had spent 10 hours and 5 minutes by 1.45pm on 16 June, and was told by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs to resume at 11.30am on 17 June. Confirms the four defendants, their charges, and that all pleaded not guilty.

Reports that the jury has spent 10 hours and five minutes deliberating, will resume on Tuesday, and that all accused have pleaded not guilty. Gives the charges against each relative and the Lynally Grove address where they lived.

Reports that the jury has resumed deliberations after just over ten hours and will continue tomorrow. Sets out the charges: Marek Puska and Lubomir Junior have pleaded not guilty to withholding information, and Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova deny burning clothes. Also states that the jurors must reach unanimous verdicts.

Adds the jury's three questions to the judge during deliberations, the judge's answers, the charges against each accused, and that the jury will resume on Monday. Gives no verdict.

Provides detail on the jury's three questions to Ms Justice Caroline Biggs, the prosecution and defence closing speeches, and the fact that a change was made to the indictment on Thursday before the jury spent seven hours and 18 minutes deliberating.

Trial reported mid-deliberation: jury resumes Monday, has asked three questions about reasonable excuse, and no verdict is yet reported. Defendants are Lubomir Puska Jnr, Marek Puska, Viera Gaziova and Jozefina Grundzova, all pleading not guilty.

Reports the trial in progress: jury began deliberations on Wednesday, an amendment was made to the indictment on Thursday (specifying 'the murder of Ashling Murphy' rather than 'the offence of murder'), and the jury will continue on Friday. Includes details of the prosecution and defence closing speeches.

Reports that the jury continued deliberations in the trial of the four accused, that the indictment was amended, and sets out the charges against each accused and the prosecution and defence submissions.

Reports the judge's charge to the jury on 11 June 2025, the prosecution and defence closing arguments, and that the jury will resume deliberations on 12 June 2025.

Reports the trial judge's charge to the jury, the prosecution and defence closing arguments, and that deliberations will resume on 12 June.

Reports closing defence speeches to the jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of the four accused, and that the judge had begun her charge to the jury. Adds defence arguments that the women did not know Jozef Puska was guilty when the clothes were burned, and that Lubomir Jnr delayed rather than withheld information.

Defence closing speeches for all four accused at the Central Criminal Court, arguing the sisters-in-law did not know or believe Puska was guilty when they burned his clothes, and that Lubomir jnr delayed but did not withhold information. Ms Justice Caroline Biggs began her charge to the jury.

Reports closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court on 9 and 10 June 2025. Prosecution says the brothers withheld information and the wives burned Jozef Puska's clothes. Defence says the brother had a reasonable excuse and was protecting himself. Trial is ongoing with the other three accused's closing speeches to begin on 10 June.

Reports closing speeches by prosecution and defence in the Central Criminal Court trial, including the defence argument that Marek Puska's silence was a reasonable excuse. No verdict is reported in this article.

Reports closing speeches in the Central Criminal Court trial of Marek Puska, Lubomir Puska Jnr, Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova. Defence and prosecution arguments are set out, and the trial was still ongoing when the article was published.

Trial reaches closing speeches. The defence argues Marek Puska had a reasonable excuse for not disclosing information. Closing speeches for the other three accused are due the next day. All four accused have pleaded not guilty.

Reports trial evidence from Detective Garda James Duffy that Jozefina Grundzova told gardaí Viera Gaziova lit the fire on January 13 and that blood was visible on a t-shirt. Confirms all accused pleaded not guilty and that the trial resumes June 9.

Trial evidence details how the clothes were burned: a phone call prompted Gaziova to light the fire on 13 January 2022, Grundzova threw socks into the fire, and a bloodstained T-shirt was among the items. The jury (seven men, five women) was told they would not be required again until Monday.

Reports evidence given at trial that a bloodstained t-shirt was burned. The article body is missing; only the headline is available.

Reports evidence from a garda interview with Jozefina Grundzova at the Central Criminal Court trial, that Viera Gaziova received a call telling her to burn clothes and lit the fire on 13 January. It also records that all accused have pleaded not guilty and that the trial will resume the following Monday.

Reports evidence given in the trial at the Central Criminal Court. Gaziova told gardaí she burned the clothes on instruction passed on from Lubomir Puska jnr, and that she had initially failed to mention this out of fear. The four named accused have pleaded not guilty.

Trial evidence from Viera Gaziova's garda statement. Four relatives are on trial for obstruction offences. The article reports no verdict. It adds that Gaziova burned the clothes and omitted this from her first statement.

Reports the trial at the Central Criminal Court, including the accused's pleas, the charges against each defendant, and Lubomir Puska Jnr's denials of asking anyone to dispose of the knife or clothing. Also recounts his earlier garda statements, including that he had lied in his first statement.

Details of Lubomir Puska jnr's account to gardaí of Jozef Puska revealing three stab wounds and describing the murder as an accident, as presented to the jury during the ongoing trial before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Trial evidence on 28 May 2025: Lubomir Puska Jnr denied telling anyone to dispose of the knife or his brother's clothes. The article gives the accused's ages and the charges, and says the trial continues.

Reports Garda evidence from Lubomir Puska's interviews of 14 and 16 January 2022 at the ongoing trial before Justice Caroline Biggs, including his admission that he lied in the first interview.

Trial evidence from Lubomir Puska Jnr describing Jozef's behaviour on the day of the murder, his arrival home with visible injuries, and his two voluntary statements to gardaí on 14 and 16 January 2022.

Reports the ongoing trial at the Central Criminal Court, including evidence from Det Gda Joanne O'Sullivan about Lubomir Puska jnr's two voluntary statements to gardaí, in which he admitted lying and described Jozef Puska arriving home injured on the night of the murder.

Trial in progress: a garda witness gave evidence on 26 May 2025 that she arrested Marek Puska on 26 January 2022, and Marek Puska's account to gardaí is read out, including that Jozef Puska told him he had 'cut' a woman. All four accused have pleaded not guilty.

Adds trial evidence from 26 May 2025: Marek Puska's account of Jozef's admission, the allegation that the clothes were burned, the judge and jury, and the not guilty pleas. The trial was still continuing and no verdict is reported.

Reports on the trial in progress: evidence from Marek Puska's garda interviews, the alleged non-disclosure and clothes-burning charges, and the accused's not guilty pleas.

Trial testimony from Marek Puska describing Jozef's account of the night of the murder, his 'logical inference' that Jozef had killed Ashling Murphy, and the arrangement to burn Jozef's clothes. The trial is ongoing before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Reports trial evidence heard on 26 May 2025, including Marek Puska's account to gardaí of what Jozef Puska told him, the alleged non-disclosure, and the not guilty pleas of all four accused.

Reports the Central Criminal Court trial of four accused, and the evidence from Marek Puska's garda interview of 26 January 2022, including his account of the clothes being burned.

Reports that a brother of Jozef Puska told gardaí that pain medication was to blame for a 'memory lapse', as heard in court. The article gives no date for the hearing or the statement and the body text is missing.

Reports the trial in progress in May 2025, including Marek Puska's 2022 garda statement, cross-examination, the alleged non-disclosure details, the charges and not-guilty pleas. Adds that the trial continues before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.

Reports the trial in progress, including Marek Puska's account of his January 2022 garda statement, his claim that back medication affected his memory, and the detail of the charges against the four accused.

Adds details from the ongoing trial: Marek Puska's garda statement of 14 January 2022 (read in court), the accused's not guilty pleas, the statutes under which they are charged, and the trial continuing before Ms Justice Caroline Biggs.