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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Masseur behind bars after admitting to sexually touching clients

Maitland massage therapist Merv Fullford had pleaded not guilty to 28 charges relating to 14 clients. He changed some of his pleas on Friday and was refused bail.

A MAITLAND masseur has spent his first nights behind bars after he sensationally pleaded guilty on Friday to sexually touching a number of female clients during appointments.

Merv Fullford, now 65, had pleaded not guilty to 28 charges of sexual touching and indecent assault relating to 14 clients between 2015 and 2020 and was facing an estimated four-week trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court.

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