He walked out of the jail just before midday after serving a six month sentence for not notifying gardai of his whereabouts.
He walked out of the jail just before midday after serving a six month sentence for not notifying gardai of his whereabouts.
Ahead of his release, the Sunday World reported that Rossi had still not provided authorities with an address.
The 78-year-old – one of Ireland’s most notorious criminals and paedophiles was not obliged to give the Prison Service an address but he must provide gardaí with one within the next three days.
Under the terms the Sex Offenders Act, Walsh is obliged to notify gardaí of his name, date of birth and home address within three days of his jail release.
Part of his release conditions mean he’s on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh in 2010. Picture: Collins
News in 90 Seconds – Wednesday, July 30
Walsh, a former member of Martin ‘The General’ Cahill’s gang, was released from the Midlands Prison in November after he served almost 15 years for sexual attacks on two little girls.
But the convicted rapist was returned to the same prison in late January after it emerged that he had been living rough and had failed to notify gardaí of his whereabouts.
He was given a six month sentence by Trim District Court in Co Meath which he has now completed.
A nationwide garda alert is in place for the OAP who is still considered a danger to children.
Two months ago it emerged that Walsh sent a letter to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris demanding officers be sent into the Midlands Prison to probe what he has described as his ‘unlawful’ detention there.
Walsh said he had to post a letter to “file a criminal complaint by writing to the office of the Garda Commissioner for assistance in gaining access to a garda member or members by way of a professional visit at the Midlands Prison so that I can file a criminal complaint.”
He also took a habeas corpus’ proceedings in the High Court aimed at having his renewed period of detention declared illegal amid claims that he is a ‘financially unsound’ person.
According to court records, his application to have his incarceration declared unlawful by the High Court was refused on April 11.
Walsh was jailed for 10 years in February 2010 for raping Ruth Dunne when she was nine.
He received another identical sentence the following year for sexually assaulting another child.
He raped Ms Dunne when she was nine. She bravely waived her right to anonymity to expose his horrific crimes.
Walsh cynically exploited his friendship with her family to gain access to her by pretending to take her to play with one of his daughters.
He targeted Ms Dunne on Dublin’s Sandymount Beach when she was just nine.
The other victim was aged only 14 when she was targeted by the notorious paedophile.
During the trial the victim said she was first introduced to Walsh, a friend of her father’s, when she was in sixth class.
He became a regular visitor to her home and in July 2008, when she was 14, he moved in permanently. Within a month he tried to rape her, and just weeks later he succeeded in doing so.
Walsh has a string of previous convictions including arson, armed robbery, assault and larceny.