Sadistic cross-dressing sex killer Michael Bambrick living under new name in Dublin

MEET John Milton — the new identity of notorious double sex killer Michael Bambrick.

But the cross-dressing monster’s attempt to hide his past is now over after a special investigation by the Irish Sun on Sunday.

Evil Bambrick — who gagged both of his victims with tights before dismembering their bodies with a hacksaw — is now living under the new name in the north inner city area of Dublin.

We confronted him as he bought meat from a store close to his home and asked if he was still a danger to women but he refused to answer our questions.

The maniac — who now wears glasses and has shaved his beard — also remained silent when he was asked to apologise to the relatives of his victims.

But a female pal who was walking with 64-year-old Bambrick defended the monster and told us: “Leave him alone, he’s served his time.”

We also asked his friend if she was concerned for her safety but she refused to make any comment.

Our undercover team has spent weeks investigating claims the sex beast was living in the area under a new name.

Vile Bambrick was released from prison in 2009 after serving just 13 years for butchering the mum of his two kids Patricia McGauley in September 1991 and Mary Cummins ten months later.

There was widespread revulsion across the country after his release from Dublin’s Arbour Hill Prison for “good behaviour.

Dressed in grubby jeans and a dark jacket, we watched as Bambrick joined unsuspecting shoppers in the city centre.

During the shopping trip, the convicted killer collected his dole money from a post office and a bag of food from a nearby charity.

The sicko — one of Ireland’s most notorious sex killers — then used his money from the State to visit a nearby clothes shop where he browsed through women’s items.

The pervert also spent time in another store talking to a shop assistant about purchasing Sky television.

And since being given his freedom, Bambrick has also been visiting many of the city’s sleazy sex shops.

Our man said: “He didn’t seem to have a care in the world and he spent ages looking at women’s clothing.

“Bambrick also went into a lot of stores and he was really interested in the TV store and was looking at different TVs.

“He was able to mingle with shoppers but no one seemed to know who he was. He was just going about his daily business without a care in the world.”

Bambrick later took the Dart to Dun Laoghaire to meet up with pals. He has also been spending time taking strolls in the Phoenix Park.

But a resident living close to Bambrick’s secret Dublin pad told how neighbours were concerned about his presence in the area and how he is still attending seedy sex parties.

They said: “He’s very much a loner but he’s often seen walking with a young woman and a baby — we just hope she’s being careful.

“He has been living in the north inner city for quite some time and telling everyone that his name is John and that he’s from outside Dublin.

“But it didn’t take people long to establish who he was and now most people are keeping their distance because they know all about his past.

“He’s still going to sex parties and one homeless woman in the area has already admitted that a number of women have been sleeping with him. He has been seen buying women’s clothing and there’s no doubts that he still gets his kicks from dressing up as a woman. Everyone is just praying he doesn’t strike again.”

Bambrick remains under the watchful eye of gardai and is one of 800 convicted sex offenders currently on the prowl across Ireland.

Following his arrest in 1995, deviant Bambrick shocked even seasoned detectives when he calmly confessed to two of the most gruesome killings in Ireland’s history.

An incident room was set up in Lucan Garda Station after two women were reported missing — Patricia McGauley in September 1991 and Mary Cummins ten months later.

However, little progress was made despite intensive inquiries.

Bambrick’s crimes were only discovered when he was arrested in 1995 over a 1992 firearms incident.

He was held under the Offences Against the State Act and after being released was charged in relation to another matter.

But four months later, on October 20, 1995, he was formally charged with the killings and in May 1996 pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. Bambrick told cops how he killed his common law wife Patricia McGauley, 43, with whom he’d had two kids — Adrienne, 14, and Louise, eight.

He said Patricia died when he stuffed tights into her mouth after tying her up while they were having sex.

Bambrick claimed she sometimes let him tie her up with tights and it gave him a thrill.

He then cut off her arms, legs and head using a hacksaw and buried the remains in a Dublin Corporation dump at Balgaddy.

He told cops a similar sex session led to the death of mum-of-one Mary, 36, in 1992 after they’d spent an afternoon boozing together. She agreed to go to his house in Clondalkin, where he tied and gagged her before she died.

He dismembered her body the following day and buried it in a field at Kishogue. Her remains were only identified by skull fragments, blood stains and dental records.

During his time in prison, Bambrick maintained a low profile.

He also spurned the friendship of crazed killer Malcolm MacArthur during the pair’s stint behind bars.

MacArthur was released in 2012 after serving 29 years of his life sentence for the murder of nurse Bridie Gargan in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in July 1982.

A prison source said: “Bambrick didn’t want anything to do with MacArthur because he thought he was mad. Bambrick had butchered two women but he still thought MacArthur was on a different level of madness.”

MacArthur had also been charged with the murder of farmer Donal Dunne with his own gun, but there was no prosecution after MacArthur pleaded guilty to the Gargan charge.

He was arrested in the home of the then attorney general Patrick Connolly, in Dalkey, south Dublin. @SteBreen