Evil killer Jozef Puska has been receiving psychiatric support behind bars since he was found guilty of Ashling Murphy’s murder.
He is being held in an isolated cell at Cloverhill Prison and has been watched around the clock to make sure he doesn’t try to kill himself. The 33-year-old Slovakian is due to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow.
He had previously tried to take his own life before he took the witness stand at his trial. Prison sources confirmed he has been monitored since his conviction, by a healthcare team in Cloverhill Prison and psychiatric staff.
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A prison source said: “There is no way he could be allowed to mix with other prisoners because we believe his life would be in danger. Prisoners have their own rules and since Ashling’s horrific death was such a high-profile case, we genuinely feared for his safety.
“He has been seen by the medical team over the past week and received a psychiatric assessment. This is normal procedure for prisoners who have been convicted of a very serious crime and are facing a long, long spell in jail. We have been determined to make sure he appears in court on Friday for his sentencing.”
Puska will be given the mandatory life sentence for killing 23-year-old teacher Ashling and he is expected to be immediately moved to Mountjoy Prison to serve his sentence. Senior Dept of Justice and Prison officials have made it clear he will serve all of his sentence in Ireland and under no circumstances will he be allowed to transfer back to Slovakia, another EU state, to do his time.
Ashling’s murder has received huge coverage back in Puska’s native country. Nobody in his home mountainous village of Lucivna which has a population of around 900, has admitted knowing him. He is regarded in all the media coverage as an embarrassment to Slovakia.
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