A FORMER housemate of murderer Adrian Ernest Bayley has told how he interrupted the sex offender mid-rape at the home they shared.

The man, known as Barry, told Channel 10 he took on Bayley as he molested the terrified woman early in 2012.

Bayley is serving life imprisonment for the murder of Jill Meagher at Brunswick eight months later.

TRUE EVIL OF BAYLEY REVEALED

Barry said he took on Bayley, who offered little resistance during the assault on the woman at their home.

“He cowered in the corner like a little mouse,” he said.

Barry said he then drove the woman to the Fawkner police station but she did not want to take the issue any further.

The housemate said Bayley was always out on the town and boasted of his exploits with women, including threesomes.

He said Bayley, mostly, projected himself as a normal person who was neat and tidy and paid his rent.

“He came across as being an average Joe Blow,” he said.

Barry said he was dismayed he had left his five-year-old son in the care of Bayley on one occasion.