QUIZ MURPHY'S PRISON PALS
Irish Sunday Mirror|July 17, 2022
Retired cop's fury at DPP decision of no charges
EMMA MCMENAMY
QUIZ MURPHY'S PRISON PALS

RAPIST Larry Murphy's former jail pals should be quizzed over Deirdre Jacob's killer, an ex-cold case detective insisted last night.

Alan Bailey, who believes the "Beast of Baltinglass" holds answers to the 1998 case, slated the DPP for not pressing charges.

Murphy, 56, is alleged to have told another inmate he "killed Deirdre with a hammer".

Cold case cop slams DPP over decision not to charge beast Larry

Ex-detective probed the murder of missing Deirdre

A FORMER cop who probed the murder of vanished student Deirdre Jacob has hit out after the DPP ruled no charges will be brought in the case.

Notorious rapist Larry Murphy was quizzed over the disappearance of the 18-year-old who went missing yards from her home in Newbridge, Co Kildare, in July 1998.

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