Ex-superintendent jailed for drug crime is moved to open prison 

'He’ll get a mobile phone. He’ll go to work somewhere around Shelton Abbey from 9am to 5pm. So essentially he’ll have temporary release for the day.' said an Irish Prison Service source. File picture

A former garda superintendent who was jailed for possession of almost €260,000 worth of cannabis and investigated for links to the Hutch gang, has been moved from the Midlands high-security prison to the open prison at Shelton Abbey.

Former superintendent John Murphy had been held in prison wings with convicted sex offenders and killers. Fellow inmates included Cork killer Graham Dwyer, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Elaine O’Hara, and serial killer Mark Nash who is also serving a life sentence for the murders of Catherine Doyle, Carl Doyle, Sylvia Shiels, and Mary Callinan.