Former UCD tutor facing 45 child abuse charges ‘told girl (11) they were boyfriend and girlfriend’

Academic Philip Newsholme sent a naked video of himself to what he thought was an underage girl

Alan Sherry

A disgraced professor who spent almost two decades teaching in UCD is now facing a lengthy jail sentence in Australia after pleading guilty to almost 50 child exploitation offences.

Professor Philip Newsholme (63), who was the Head of Biochemistry in UCD before moving to Australia, groomed children online including an 11-year-old girl who he told they were “boyfriend and girlfriend” and that he loved her.