Kathleen Murphy was hugged by her husband Ray as Mr Justice Tony Hunt said Jozef Puska would face his day of reckoning for stabbing 23-year-old teacher Ashling Murphy to death.
Father-of-five Jozef Puska also decided to kill himself as the successful prosecution case against him closed but he was thwarted by prison officers, it can be reported for the first time today.
Puska, 33, was on benefits and lived in a five-bedroom council house in Mucklagh, County Offaly, with his wife and five children, until he carried out the heinous crime in January 2022.
The family of the monster who murdered Ashling Murphy insist he is innocent as he faces life in prison after being convicted of killing the primary school teacher.