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A rapist and suspected serial killer is hiding out in the capital among the Asian community, too afraid to return to his native Ireland.

Larry Murphy, known as the Beast of Baltinglass, has been skulking in north-east London for several months.

He is living in the borough of Waltham Forest, an area with the highest ethnic minority in the UK capital.

And he is still seeing a woman, but London police would not confirm if it was the same person he was dating when his cover was blown last year.

In a bid to disappear, despised sex beast Murphy chose the district as it is only one third white and less than 2% of the community are Irish, reports the Irish Mirror.

A London Metropolitan Police source said: “He doesn’t want to be found or recognised by anyone who might be Irish.

“This area has a huge Pakistani community, along with Bangladeshi, African, Indian and Afro-Caribbean residents.

“Contrary to a report in Ireland before Christmas, he has no intention of returning.

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“As far as we are aware he never contacted Irish police about going home. Nor did he contact the Met about it.”

We can reveal the 49-year-old Wicklow native, who raped a woman and locked her in the boot of his car, has lost his job as a carpenter and is now on the dole.

The dad of two spends his days drinking around the pubs of Waltham Forest – if he has the money.

London police officers watch his movements and he must report to them twice a week.

Murphy vanished for a few days before Christmas and it was feared he had returned to Ireland.

But the UK source said: “He turned up again within a few days.”

Murphy has been linked to the disappearance of several young women in Ireland.

He was freed from jail in August 2010 after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence for a brutal sex attack and attempted murder of a woman in the Wicklow mountains.

He had stalked his 28-year-old victim for a month before raping and beating her. He tried to smother her but was scared off by two hunters.

Murphy is a suspect in the case of missing women Annie McCarrick, 26, Jo Jo Dullard, 21, and 19-year-old Deirdre Jacob.

He is still seen as a threat with claimed sightings of him every few months across Ireland.

In September gardai in Ennis, Co Clare, took the unusual step of publicly stating he was not living in the town.