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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

'Inconvenient delays': Hold up in sentence of Maitland masseur Merv Fullford

Maitland massage therapist Merv Fullford pleaded guilty to 15 charges, including sexual intercourse without consent, sexual touching and indecent assault relating to clients. But on Friday his sentence proceedings were delayed.

The sentence proceedings for a Maitland masseur who sexually touched a number of female clients during appointments at his home studio have been delayed after his barrister withdrew, citing a conflict of interest.

Merv Fullford, now 65, was on Friday afternoon expected to face a sentence hearing in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court, including listening to victim impact statements from the many women he indecently assaulted or sexually touched between 2015 and 2020.

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