Serial killer and rapist Geoffrey Evans dies..

galwayrush

Bye bye you evil bastard....


Evans, who died on Sunday at St Mary's nursing home, had been in a coma since December 2008 when he suffered a stroke while undergoing heart surgery.
With his accomplice and fellow Englishman, John Shaw (70), Evans was convicted in 1978 of the rape and murder of two women, Elizabeth Plunkett and Mary Duffy, and sentenced to life.
Shaw is still behind bars in Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon. The pair -- who confessed to the killings when arrested -- were among the longest-serving prisoners in the State.
Both men were only in their 30s when they arrived here in 1974 but they had built up a string of criminal convictions and were wanted by UK police in connection with three rapes.
Evans, the smaller of the two, was also said to be the smarter -- and he worked out the logistics while former coal miner Shaw provided the brawn.
The men had decided to fund a pre-planned murder spree in Ireland -- with the aim of killing at least one young woman a week -- by carrying out house burglaries. However, they were caught in Cork the following year and got two-year jail terms for the break-ins.
Due to an administrative blunder, they were freed after 18 months and disappeared before they could be tracked down for their crimes in the UK.
In late August 1976 they drove to Brittas, Co Wicklow, where they spotted Elizabeth Plunkett, a 23-year-old clerk, from Ringsend, Dublin. Shaw and Evans offered her a lift and drove to Castletimon Wood where she was raped repeatedly.
Evans then told Shaw to kill her and he choked the young woman with the sleeve of a nylon shirt.
Suspicion

The men arrived in Galway on September 10 and bought a mobile home at a caravan park in Barna, outside the city and then stole a green Ford Cortina, changed the number plates and painted it black.
But they aroused suspicion when they walked into a shop in Maam, Connemara, and bought petrol. The shopkeeper noticed the poorly painted car and their English accents. He took down the car's registration number.
The next day, the two arrived in Castlebar as local cook Mary Duffy (24) was trying to arrange a lift home to the family farm at Deerpark, Belcarra.
Shaw and Evans abducted, beat and raped her in the back of the car and then drove to Ballinahinch, Connemara, where she was again raped and tied to a tree. Shaw subsequently suffocated her by putting a cushion over her head.
On the night of September 26, however, a passing garda spotted their car and the two were taken in and confessed to their murderous crimes.

Blazer

galwayrush wrote: »

Due to an administrative blunder, they were freed after 18 months and disappeared before they could be tracked down for their crimes in the UK.
In late August 1976 they drove to Brittas, Co Wicklow, where they spotted Elizabeth Plunkett, a 23-year-old clerk, from Ringsend, Dublin. Shaw and Evans offered her a lift and drove to Castletimon Wood where she was raped repeatedly.

This part sickens me...how many people have been killed in Ireland and the UK due to administrative blunders.:mad:
It's a pity the bastard didn't suffer more. Scum like these don't deserve to live.

danniemcq

don't you have to kill 3 to be a serial killer?

Glad the c*nt died though

Sparks43

R.I.P:eek::eek:

danniemcq

Blazer wrote: »

This part sickens me...how many people have been killed in Ireland and the UK due to administrative blunders.:mad:
It's a pity the bastard didn't suffer more. Scum like these don't deserve to live.

they served 18 months of a 2 year sentance.

If they were model prisoners they coulda been out by then anyway.

edit never mind, misread the fact that they just dissappeared before they coulda been picked up

minidazzler

May he forever be raped by the barbed cock of satan.

dee.

Blazer wrote: »

This part sickens me...how many people have been killed in Ireland and the UK due to administrative blunders.:mad:
It's a pity the bastard didn't suffer more. Scum like these don't deserve to live.

My old neighbor raped a woman in Ireland and was released early because of an ~administrative blunder~ too. He used to always try make small talk with me at the bus stop but I knew his past so just kept my head down/pretended I was reading/playing on my phone/etc.
Few years later he moved to another country and raped/killed a woman there. Its very sad but in a sense I am glad he did it in another country because he might actually have to serve most of his term now, unlike Ireland where you can get out too early.

Kenno90

dee. wrote: »

My old neighbor raped a woman in Ireland and was released early because of an ~administrative blunder~ too. He used to always try make small talk with me at the bus stop but I knew his past so just kept my head down/pretended I was reading/playing on my phone/etc.
Few years later he moved to another country and raped/killed a woman there. Its very sad but in a sense I am glad he did it in another country because he might actually have to serve most of his term now, unlike Ireland where you can get out too early.

Some people don't deserve to live.

TeddyTedson

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Good night sweet prince

I'd prefer for him to have lived another 20 years in agony though

Son Of A Vidic

Sick scum like that are deserving of justice Taliban style.

Duggy747

I'd call them animals but animals don't go around doing that shìt.

Good riddance to a waste of life.

funnilenough

when i was small, all i remember is hearing about the Northside Rapist,who operated around the dart lines in n.dublin.
whatever happened him?

biko

The shopkeeper noticed their English accents and took down the car's registration number.

Still done to this day.


Joke!

dominiquecruz

He's dead. He spent his life in prison. I don't know what you hope to achieve with this thread.

hondasam

I was listening to this on Joe Duffy yesterday and you could not feel anything but hatred for evans and his accomplice.
If any family members of those women were listening they must be heartbroken to hear how they died.

starbelgrade

dominiquecruz wrote: »

He's dead. He spent his life in prison. I don't know what you hope to achieve with this thread.

A sense of moral outrage in a Daily Mail style.

Zebra3

funnilenough wrote: »

when i was small, all i remember is hearing about the Northside Rapist,who operated around the dart lines in n.dublin.
whatever happened him?

10 year stretch iirc.

No idea how long he served.

grizzly

Blazer wrote: »

This part sickens me...how many people have been killed in Ireland and the UK due to administrative blunders.:mad:

I winced as soon as I read "administrative blunder". FFS if you're dealing with potential serial killers, get out the "A squad" admin team for the case.

fedor.2.

dominiquecruz wrote: »

He's dead. He spent his life in prison. I don't know what you hope to achieve with this thread.

Ya, your thread on pesto was much more interesting

brummytom

First Robin Gibb, now this?


It's a sad week. RIP.

fedor.2.

God must need more angels

dominiquecruz

fedor.2. wrote: »

Ya, your thread on pesto was much more interesting

Creepy.

Poor Uncle Tom

dominiquecruz wrote: »

Creepy.

Must have been old pesto.....:p

dominiquecruz

About as old as that thread