Teacher asked teenager for naked photos and told her he wanted to take her virginity

Case arose after the girl’s mother became aware of hundreds of texts between the accused and the girl when she discovered her daughter’s Instagram account open on her mobile phone

John Murphy, 42, of Ferncourt Cresent, Ballycullen, Dublin 24 at Bray Circuit Court on Monday afternoon. Picture Colin Keegan/ Collins 

A former teacher who told a young schoolgirl he wanted to take her virginity and asked her for naked pictures of herself in sexual exchanges on Instagram has appeared in court.

John Murphy, 42, a married father of one from Ferncourt Crescent, Ballycullen, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to a charge of the sexual exploitation of a child between June 2017 and June 2018 before a sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court.