Ireland Named in reporting
Ryan Casey
2 reports across 2 cases, 17 Jan 2022 to 23 Oct 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Perjury (withholding information from gardaí), Witness interference (burning bloodstained clothes), Murder
- Where
- Co. Offaly
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 17 Jan 2022 to 23 Oct 2025
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Five sentenced for perjury and witness interference in Tullamore Perjury (withholding information from gardaí) · Co. Offaly
Jozef Puska murdered 23-year-old Irish schoolteacher Ashling Murphy by stabbing her in the neck on the canal towpath at Cappincur, Tullamore, Co Offaly, on 12 January 2022, and was convicted of murder in November 2023 and sentenced to life. His wife Lucia Istokova, brothers Marek and Lubomir Puska, and their wives Viera Gaziova and Jozefina Grundzova were charged in late 2023 with withholding information from gardaí and burning bloodstained clothes worn by Puska. Istokova pleaded guilty before the trial began, and a jury at the Central Criminal Court found the other four guilty on 17 June 2025. On 22 October 2025, Ms Justice Caroline Biggs sentenced all five to prison terms of 20 to 30 months, with six months suspended for the three women.
Sentenced, 22 Oct 2025Victim · 1 report - Jozef Puska loses bid to backdate life sentence for Tullamore murder Murder · Co. Offaly
Ashling Murphy, a 23-year-old primary school teacher (some reports say 22), was fatally assaulted while jogging along the Grand Canal at Cappincur, Tullamore, Co Offaly, on 12 January 2022. Jozef Puska, a Slovakian national whose age is reported variously as 31 to 35, was arrested on 18 January 2022 and charged with her murder the next day. He was sent forward for trial in April 2022, and a jury at the Central Criminal Court found him guilty of murder on 9 November 2023, with a mandatory life sentence imposed on 17 November 2023. He abandoned his conviction appeal on 10 July 2026, and on 16 July 2026 the Court of Appeal refused to backdate his sentence earlier than the November 2023 verdict.
Sentenced, 17 Nov 2023Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Ryan Casey, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 23 Oct2025Ashling Murphy's boyfriend 'utterly disgusted' at Puska family's sentencevictim, Ryan Casey, male, irish (judged from name)Ryan Casey
- 17 Jan2022Ashling Murphy murder: Suspect being treated for injuries he could not satisfactorily explainvictim, Ryan Casey, male, irish (judged from name)Ryan Casey
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