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A chilling murder kit was found by gardai when they arrested the Athlone sex beast for raping two little girls.

Shocked detectives discovered a knife, cable ties and black bags at the apartment in the Co Westmeath town where the pervert subjected the children to a horrific 20-minute ordeal.

The sickening discovery has left officers in no doubt the psycho planned to kill the girls and dispose of their bodies after abusing them.

The brute told the girls he would cut their parents’ throats before repeatedly raping them.

But the children, aged six and nine, managed to escape through a window and raise the alarm.

A security source said last night: “God only knows what would have happened to those two girls had they not managed to escape.

“This guy is evil personified. The things he did to those two girls doesn’t even bear thinking about.

“When the property he was in at the time of the attack was searched, a number of items which could be used to kill someone were found.

“They included cable ties, industrial strength black bags and a very sharp knife.

“It’s believed he was going to tie them up and kill them before disposing of their bodies in the bags.

"There is every possibility he planned to kill the two girls after the attack in order to stop them talking.

“Thank God the brave girls managed to open a window and escape.”

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The Irish Sunday Mirror can also reveal the paedophile used to be prison pals with child killer Ronnie Dunbar.

The brutes often spent time together when in Castlerea Prison.

It is understood they were inseparable at one point before things turned sour between them.

The source said: “The two of them got on so well and would often spend hours hanging around together.

“For a good while you didn’t see one without the other. However, something happened between the two of them and they no longer talked.

They both shared the same interests.

“They are both evil to the core and perhaps were into the same, twisted things.”

The Athlone rapist was sent to Mountjoy Prison on Monday after being handed two life sentences.

He was later transferred to the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise on Tuesday where he will spend the next 20 years.

He will be kept away from the general population of the prison as there have already been a number of serious threats on his life.

The source revealed: “A number of inmates are out for this guy’s blood. They will stop at nothing to get to him. He will spend the next 20 years looking over his shoulder.

“Prison bosses are taking the threats against him very seriously and have decided to keep him isolated.

“All of the other prisoners, including those who have committed rape and murder, can’t stand him being near

them. They have been saying they want to torture him to make him die slowly in agony.”

The deranged rapist has already been crying to prison bosses about other inmates threatening him.

The source added: “When he was in Castlerea he complained other prisoners were beating him up despite the fact he was on his own and they couldn’t get near him.

“He’s delusional. He likes to play the victim. He also caused a lot of trouble while there, destroying prison property.”

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After he was handed his sentence the pervert had the audacity to ask if he could apologise to the victims.

He also has more than 70 previous convictions including criminal damage, assault, robbery and possession of knives.

He had only been released from Castlerea Prison three days before the offences.

The young girls were playing in an area close to a house in which their families were attending a child’s birthday party at around 4pm.

It was then the devious brute told them he had a six-year-old sister in his flat who was too shy to come out and play.

One of the girls told gardai: “It’s as if we were lured in.”

Once inside the house the sicko trapped them and took their clothes and his own off before raping them.

After it was over he let the children put their clothes back on but not their shoes.

He told them to lie down on the floor for 20 minutes and he left the room.

The older girl opened a window and the pair managed to climb through and run for help. She told the younger girl they would be in the flat for ever if they didn’t flee.

Both girls were taken to hospital where they had to get injections for Aids, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted diseases.

The father of the younger victim sobbed while reading through his victim impact statement.

He said his daughter has repeatedly asked him about why the accused did what he did.

The devastated dad admitted she freezes or panics when she sees “creepy men everywhere, every day” and refuses to be on her own.