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A notorious child rapist was badly beaten after he was tracked down by a gang of vigilantes.

Sick pervert Danny Ward, who was caged for raping a young girl, was tracked down to a B&B in Ringsend, south inner city Dublin.

The sex beast, 35, was staying in accommodation which overlooked a creche and a school.

A gang of 15 people, both men and women, lay in wait for Ward to appear.

And when he stepped out from his accommodation the group set upon him and battered him.

Locals reported that Ward was able to escape over a wall and ran through a local park but was tracked down quickly by a group of men who delivered the punishment beating.

Gardai arrived at the scene a short time later.

Ward was moved to Irishtown Garda Station for his own safety and was moved on to another location yesterday evening.

The savage assault was first highlighted on the FM104 Phoneshow with Chris Barry late on Wednesday night.

Gardai said they were aware of the incident but said no arrests were made.

Sources told the Irish Mirror that Ward had to be brought to the garda station for his own safety.

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The security source said: “This would be seen as a serious incident.

“Gardai don’t like it when the law is taken into the public’s hands.

“This was a serious attack and it was quite unnerving. They were taking turns to throw him a dig. Women were spitting on him.

“The men were trying to knock him out.”

Ward was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life after being convicted of a horrific child rape.

The Irish Mirror cannot publish any details of his conviction or sentence for legal reasons and to protect the identity of his young victim.

Late last year, we exposed how gardai were concerned with his behaviour as he was seen lurking around schools.

This is not the first time Ward has been forced to flee accomodation.

The pervert was thrown out of a B&B on the northside of the capital late last year.

Last October videos emerged online of the crowd gathering outside the B&B where Ward had been staying on Saturday evening.

The crowd of mostly women, arranged the protest on Facebook, and travelled to the spot where they shouted for hulking Ward to be kicked out of the area.

Later gardai gathered at the entrance to the building where they moved to reassure parents that Ward was no longer staying at the accommodation.

The Irish Mirror tracked down the dangerous man in October of last year after he was spotted peeking into the windows of a Dublin primary school.