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Thread #168338 Message #4067160
Posted By: The Sandman
03-Aug-20 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Sexual exploitation in folk
Subject: RE: Sexual exploitation in folk
Noel Murphy was found guilty. so no problem mentioning his name. A folk singer who sexually assaulted a girl while on tour four decades ago has been jailed for 18 months.
Noel Murphy, 74, attacked his victim, who was 11 or 12 at the time, while touring north Wales in the 1970s.
Mold Crown Court heard she "lost control of her life" after her ordeal and had even contemplated suicide.
Murphy, who admitted three counts of indecent assault, had a minor UK hit in 1987 with the novelty song Murphy and The Bricks.
As well as the prison term, Ireland-born Murphy will be on the sex offenders register for the next 10 years. There happens to be a convicted sex offender who is a member of this forum. he has done his prison sentence and has the right to remain anonymous.
The musician, who was once part of the band Murf and Shaggis, toured UK folk clubs in the 1960s and 1970s but quit music in 2005 due to health reasons.