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Suspected serial rapist Larry Murphy is back in Ireland

Suspected in death of Irish American Annie McCarrick

CATHAL DERVAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 7:14 AM

Updated Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 12:37 PM

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Larry Murphy

Sex beast Larry Murphy’s return to Ireland has been met with outrage as police monitor the man suspected of the murder and rape of Irish American Annie McCarrick.

Murphy is holed up in a Dublin bed and breakfast as he awaits delivery of a new passport before he can return to his hideaway in Spain.

The convicted rapist was released last August after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence for a brutal attack on a woman in the Wicklow mountains.

The 46-year-old from Baltinglass in Wicklow kidnapped the woman in Carlow, repeatedly raped her and left her to die in the Dublin mountains.

He has been linked with the disappearance of several young women in the 1990s including New Yorker McCarrick who disappeared almost 18 years ago.

Annie went to college in Ireland and returned to work in the country. She was last seen leaving a Wicklow pub on her own.

During his 10 years in prison, Murphy was asked to help police with the disappearance of five women in the Wicklow area – including McCarrick - but refused.

Murphy has lived between Holland and Spain for the past eight months but was forced to return back to Ireland from Girona last week after his passport was robbed.

Police sources have claimed that Murphy will only remain in Ireland for as long as it takes to issue a new passport to facilitate his return to Spain.

Officers have insisted they are monitoring his movements at all times and he has agreed to co-operate with them.

Murphy’s family in Wicklow have disowned the notorious rapist.

“I want nothing to do with him. He can stay away from me,” his brother Thomas said.

“I don’t care if he is tanned and relaxed or how well he looks. I don’t want anything to do with him.

“I can’t begin to tell you the stress he has caused me and my family. I have absolutely no friends anymore and the attention has even started to affect my children’s lives.

“He has brought so much stress on my life. I don’t want to say anything to him, through the media or not.”

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canadianirish | Oct 18, 2011, 07:45 PM EDT

He needs some 'Norn Ireland' justice...

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peterson | Jun 01, 2011, 08:54 PM EDT

Someone should neuter him --very slowly.

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billyjustin | Jun 01, 2011, 05:51 PM EDT

I wish we had the American Justice here in Ireland, when life means life..... Limerick

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paricaliswishes | Jun 01, 2011, 06:32 AM EDT

There seems to be little sense among people in ireland of our collective responsibility as a nation for what happens on our island.We celebrate collectively but responsibility is suddenly dispersed when crime happens.Civic duties in the classroom might that be a solution or are we too far gone down the liberal road for that?

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Oclearmada | Jun 01, 2011, 01:50 AM EDT

It seems the government is useless.Which leaves the everyday people to sit on their ass and watch rapists and murderers get away. Why can't the people if we know he is guilty march on parliament?

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timbobdennehy | May 31, 2011, 10:01 PM EDT

The authorities are keeping tabs on him not so much for the public,s safety,but for his own.he is a marked man.Irelands serial rapist and killer,i would nearly link him to a few murders in wales and England too,no proof though,at least he is out in the open now and known,he may of gotten away with it for years into the future otherwise,i feel for his brothers family,they are getting a load of grief over the feck.

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mamaginnty | May 31, 2011, 08:43 PM EDT

Cathal, he did not leave this woman to die in the mountains, she was heard screaming by two men out hunting, they regognized his car, he did intend to kill her. Only for these men being there, she would be another missing woman, on a list with the others. He had even mentioned the other missing women to her. The law can be cruel at times, knowing he killed before but just can't get the proof.

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Springfield9 | May 31, 2011, 07:44 PM EDT

Make him a prison sex toy ...... it has a certain paoetry.

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BARNEYKX | May 31, 2011, 03:41 PM EDT

HANG HIM

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manhattan | May 31, 2011, 01:32 PM EDT

I cannot understand the 15 year sentence never mind only doing 10 for what he did to that women. What does it take to get life or at least 25 years for his horrendous crimes?

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antoman | May 31, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT

Nasty vicious gangs in Spain.Pray they don't learn of his whereabouts in Spain.I'd bet a shiny euro they(gang members) don't take kindly to rapists in their midst.

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Chiefjustice | May 31, 2011, 09:44 AM EDT

Keep a close watch on this guy.

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jamieLM | May 31, 2011, 09:00 AM EDT

This guy should always be monitored by police wherever he goes. More likely than not, he's still a very dangerous guy who wouldn't pass up an opportunity to reoffend. I feel very sorry for his family who are also victims of his criminal activities. But then, psychopaths don't care who they hurt.

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