Rapist, child abductor loses appeal over call recordings

A prisoner jailed for 15 years for the rape and sexual assault of a woman whose child he abducted has lost an appeal taken against the State after it emerged his solicitors’ calls were recorded in prison.

The case was taken by Michael Murray, aged 44, formerly of Killiney Oaks, Killiney, Dublin, who was jailed at the Central Criminal Court in 2013 for 15 years for rape, attempted rape, oral rape and aggravated sexual assault, child abduction, threats to kill or cause serious harm, false imprisonment and theft.

The Central Criminal Court had heard that in February 2010, Murray lured his female victim into an apartment by telling her that an elderly woman was dying inside and needed her help. He tied her up and assaulted her before taking her son away and abandoning him in a city centre square late at night. He returned to the flat where he drugged and raped his victim.