A MONSTER who raped his victim while her son was in another room will be freed from prison this weekend.
The Irish Sun can reveal Gardai are on high alert after they were notified that John Connors, 41, from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, is one of 14 sex offenders released this month.
Connors is being freed after completing a 10-month sentence he received for failing to notify Gardai of his address when he left prison in April 2024.
Under the terms of his release, he has to notify Gardai of his whereabouts.
But as he prepares for his release this weekend we can also reveal that he’s still classified as having ‘no fixed abode’.
It’s understood the Probation Services are working to find him a suitable place to live.
As part of his release conditions, he will also be placed on the sex offenders register for an “indefinite period”.
He’s also banned from trying to contact his innocent victim or any of her relatives.
Although he received a 14-year sentence in 2009 for a brutal rape, he’s also classified by Gardai as a ‘serial thief’.
He was released from prison in 2024 after serving a sentence for a series of thefts he committed in 2022.
A senior prison source said: “Connors is a serial offender and was behind a lot of thefts when he was released from his rape conviction.
“He’s due out in a matter of days but still hasn’t provided Gardai with any address.
“He always returns to Wexford each time he’s released from prison but it’s possible he could go somewhere else.
“Connors is a very difficult prisoner and he will probably end up in prison again because he just can’t help himself.”
Connors raped his victim in 2006 along with another man before he was caged in 2009.
They targeted the woman after calling to her house and claiming they were selling a camcorder.
BRUTAL ATTACK
At their trial in December 2008, their victim recounted how the two men forced their way into her home.
Her young child was in the living room when she was pushed into a bedroom and punched in the face.
She was pushed onto the bed and a piece of rope that was on the floor was wrapped around her neck.
The two men denied the rapes in court but were both unanimously convicted by a jury in the Central Criminal Court in 2008.
Connors was released in 2019 with residents objecting to his return to Enniscorthy in a series of protests.
