MURRAY, EWEN (1970 - ) Exhibitionist, Drunk, Unfit parent. Murray compensated for limited access to his children by donning a Spiderman outfit and, for obscure reasons, gluing himself to the Sherlock Holmes statue in Edinburgh. Expecting a sympathetic response, he was disappointed to be spat upon and pelted with various objects. Edinburgh is, of course, an unfriendly city whose inhabitants nurse a visceral loathing toward the performance artists who hog its by-ways through-out the summer months. As Murray neglected to make clear his dubious purpose, passers-by assumed he was a left-over from the Festival. Subsequent legal attempts to negotiate meetings between Murray and his estranged sons have been complicated by his habit of dressing as Spiderman or Father Christmas. The boys, having entered the age when the very presence of a parent within a ten mile radius is sufficient to incite fits of squirming embarrassment, are dismayed by their father's insistence on drawing attention to himself by assuming the identities of role models only considered impressive by much younger children. Murray, hurt and bemused by their sudden hostility, planned to retaliate by denouncing his sons on huge banners hung from the Houses of Parliament. His ploy was thwarted when members of his own organisation (Kids Need Dads) reported him to the authorities.

 

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