Rapist’s home truths

The problem of reintegrating sex offenders into a society that does not want them has no easy solutions, writes Noel Baker on the freedom of rapist Larry Murphy

BEWARE the bogeyman. At some point over the next few hours, if not by the time you read these words, a man will be released from prison for whom the term “infamous” could fairly be applied.

Larry Murphy, who has spent the last 10 years in jail following the horrific multiple rape and attempted murder of a Carlow businesswoman, will walk free, into the unknown.