Convicted rapist found guilty of making hoax bomb threat to Helen McEntee rejects verdict

Murray was convicted on the sole count by a jury after an eight-day trial earlier this month

Michael Murray (pictured) was convicted in 2013 of abducting a mother and her four-year-old son and repeatedly raping the woman for hours. He received a sentence of 19 years' imprisonment for this.

A rapist convicted of making a hoax bomb threat to the home of the Minister for Justice has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he does not accept the jury's verdict.

Michael Murray (54), formerly of Seafield Road, Killiney, Dublin, appeared before Judge Patricia Ryan in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday after being found guilty of one count of knowingly making a false report giving rise to an apprehension for the safety of someone else while he was imprisoned in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise on March 7, 2021.