Marathon man vows to go the distance

Stephen Murphy believes he is getting the runaround. For more than two decades, he fought the State in the most trying of circumstances. Then, three years ago, a Supreme Court judge determined that the various travails he has suffered should be recognised.

Yet, since the battle ended, there has been no recognition, no acknowledgement, that he is a citizen who was wronged and who deserves magnanimity. On June 3, 2016, Supreme Court judge Frank Clarke strongly urged the State to make a “significant” ex-gratia payment to Mr Murphy after finding that he should never have been prosecuted for public order offences.