At the end of the statement, Marek said: "I want to tell you a bit more, but I can't because of the medicine I have taken [for his back]. My doctor told me it can affect my memory."

Sean Gillane SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, opened the trial on Tuesday of Jozef Puska's brothers, who are charged with withholding information, and their wives, who are charged with burning Puska's clothes to impede his arrest or prosecution.