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STATEMENT



 

JCIO 07/21

Date: 15 March 2021



 

STATEMENT FROM THE JUDICIAL CONDUCT

INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

 

Mr Eric Murphy JP

 

A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said:

The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice have removed Mr Eric Murphy JP, of the Carmarthenshire Bench, from the magistracy, after he posted and shared material of an inappropriately provocative and racist nature on his public social media account.

 

ENDS



 

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