Convicted murderer and rapist to be released from prison

A convicted murderer and rapist who remains a “high risk” to the public will be freed from a West Australian prison following a court order.

Paul James Carr was sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison for bashing and raping a 16-year-old girl in her Kalgoorlie home in March 1987.

During the horrific attack, the teenager was repeatedly punched, struck with an iron and sexually assaulted.

Carr also threatened to kill the girl.

Carr was not arrested at the time and moved to NSW, where he attacked his brother-in-law with a knife in May that year.

He was sentenced to six months behind bars, then in September that year – shortly after his release from prison – he again attacked his brother-in-law, this time killing him.

Carr was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

After serving his minimum term, Carr was released in March 2007.

The following January, he broke into his ex-partner’s home and attacked her and another occupant with a co-offender.

He was sentenced to just over five years in jail and was released in February 2013.

Meanwhile, police in WA conducted a cold case review, with DNA evidence linking him to the Kalgoorlie rape.

After his release from a NSW prison, Carr was extradited to WA and ultimately jailed after a trial in the District Court.

His sentence expired in February last year and he was then subject to a continuing custody order under the state’s sex offender laws.

This month, Justice Bruno Fiannaca ruled Carr was still a “high risk” but could be released on a three-year supervision order.

The order includes a whopping 47 conditions including that Carr cannot consume alcohol or take drugs, must abide by a curfew, cannot leave WA and must have no contact with the rape victim.

Carr will walk free from prison on September 27.