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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Massage therapist on trial accused of indecently assaulting 14 clients

Maitland massage therapist Merv Fullford has pleaded not guilty to 28 charges relating to 14 clients. He is currently facing a four-week trial in NSW District Court.

A GIRL, 12, who went to see a well-known Maitland massage therapist to treat her back pain was instead sexually assaulted, a jury has been told.

The alleged victim, now a woman in her early 20s, claims masseuse Mervyn Arthur Fullford never massaged her or looked at her back and instead put his hands down her underpants and sexually touched her.

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