Jozef Puska’s sisters-in-law jailed for burning his clothes after Ashling Murphy’s murder

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Viera Gaziova was jailed for two years and Jozefina Grundzova for a year and nine months after they were found guilty of burning Jozef Puska’s clothes to impede his arrest or prosecution. The Central Criminal Court suspended the final six months of each woman’s sentence.

The women were convicted by majority verdicts in June 2025. At sentencing, Judge Caroline Biggs said the offending did not prevent Puska from being apprehended and convicted. She considered mitigating factors, including that the women had no previous convictions and had ultimately provided information to gardaí. The court heard psychological reports described the women as subordinate to men in Roma culture; the judge said they had been told what to do and did it.