John Murphy sentenced for sexual exploitation at Wicklow court

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John Murphy was sentenced to three years, with the final two years suspended, for sexual exploitation of a child at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court on 21 July 2023.

The offences involved sexually explicit Instagram conversations with a girl between June 2017 and June 2018. Murphy also received a concurrent 12-month sentence for possessing child pornography; the court placed his name on the sex offenders register.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.