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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Emma McMenamy

Evil killer John Crerar 'waiting for God to take him' as he struggles with lung disease

Murderer John Crerar is "waiting for God to take him" as he struggles with ill health, The Irish Sunday Mirror has learned.

The former army sergeant is serving life for the brutal rape and murder of Phyllis Murphy who vanished on her way home from Christmas shopping on December 22, 1979.

Crerar, 74, has served more than 20 years at Arbour Hill prison for killing the 23-year-old he abducted after offering her a lift home at a bus stop.

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