'I will destroy you': Operation Transformation's Eddie Murphy was in fear due to poison pen letter

Dr Eddie Murphy, who was the clinical psychologist on RTÉ's 'Operation Transformation', told the court in Portlaoise he had to turn his home into a 'fortress' after being targeted with a poison pen letter a week after his mother’s death. Picture: Dan Linehan
Operation Transformation psychologist Eddie Murphy has told how he had to turn his home into a “fortress” after being targeted with a poison pen letter a week after his mother’s death.
Dr Murphy delivered a victim impact statement in Portlaoise District Court on Thursday, where 59-year-old Paul Mangan of 25 The Green, Liffey Hall, Newbridge, Co Kildare was sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay €3,000 to Dr Murphy after he pleaded guilty to a single charge under Section 4 of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020.