Public meeting called as rapist due for release

A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in west Wicklow tomorrow to coincide with the release of a notorious rapist from the area.

Larry Murphy is due for release after serving 10-and-a-half years of a 15-year sentence imposed for the rape and attempted murder of a woman in 2000.

The imminent release of the 45-year-old rapist from Baltinglass has caused great concern and 13,800 people so far have signed up to a Facebook campaign to keep him in prison.