Convicted rapist Larry Murphy — the chief suspect within the disappearance of Annie McCarrick, JoJo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob — has principally lived within the UK since his launch from jail in August 2010.
ubbed ‘the Beast of Baltinglass,’ Wicklow native Murphy sought anonymity in Amsterdam after getting out of jail – solely to be photographed within the firm of fellow rapist, and since convicted killer, Rory O’Connor in 2012.
Murphy had gotten to know O’Connor in jail after the latter was given a ten-year jail time period after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in Dublin in 2002.
In contrast to Murphy, who has largely managed to keep away from coming to the eye of the authorities since his launch, O’Connor was jailed for all times in April of this yr for the homicide of fiancée Diane Nichol in Edinburgh.
Convicted rapist and suspected serial killer Larry Murphy(Carrying jacket and blue helmet at bike))
O’Connor killed Diane by repeatedly kicking, stamping and hanging her head in opposition to a ground.
Her relations have since urged gardaí to quiz O’Connor, believed to be one among Murphy’s closest mates, to see whether or not he might be able to present details about Murphy’s suspected involvement within the murders of the three lacking girls.
After fleeing Amsterdam, Murphy moved to London the place he used numerous aliases whereas dwelling within the metropolis and dealing as a carpenter.
Whereas there, he entered right into a relationship with a girl he met in a pub – telling her nothing of his personal sick previous.
Talking with the Sunday World after Murphy was named as a suspect within the Deirdre Jacob investigation in 2018, the girl advised the Sunday World she now not had any contact with the rapist.
“I’m conscious of it from what I learn within the papers,” she advised the Sunday World of her former boyfriend’s hyperlinks to the Jacob case.
“However to be trustworthy it [Larry]is part of my life I’ve put behind me. I simply wish to get on with the remainder of my life now.”
When gardaí travelled to London in 2018 to interview Murphy about his alleged jail confession to a cellmate, Murphy refused to cooperate.
It’s understood he stays dwelling in London.
