Man who raped woman after escaping from prison to be sentenced today

A psychopathic rapist who escaped from a life sentence and raped again six months later will be sentenced this afternoon at the Central Criminal Court.

Michael Murphy, aka Michael Barrett (aged 54), viciously assaulted and raped an English tourist in a Dublin Hotel after been invited back to her room. He had been jailed indefinitely in 1994 in Manchester for raping a woman and stabbing her 33 times.