Paul Murphy travels a rocky road from privileged past to the criminal courts

The road of the newly-acquitted Paul Murphy from his privileged past to the criminal courts has included its fair share of ups and downs.

After then-MEP Joe Higgins won his Dáil seat back, Murphy was the fifth choice on his substitute list to replace him.

After being dumped by the people of Dublin as an MEP in May 2014, Murphy had little to do, so he pulled pints in a bar as he plotted his political comeback.