CASTLEDERG rapist Eamon Foley launched a stinging attack on the PSNI on Monday, when he appeared before Derry Magistrate's Court charged with breaching a Sex Offender's Protection Order.
Foley was released from prison last October, having served just half a sixteen year sentence for the brutal rape of Castlederg pensioner Mary-Anne McLaughlin.
Mrs McLaughlin was attacked as she slept in her mobile home. The 91-year-old died weeks later.
On his release from Magilligan Prison last year, Foley was immediately re-arrested for refusing to give the authorities details of where he intended to stay.
For the offence, Foley was ordered to spend four months in prison, however he was released, having already served time in custody for the offence.
On Monday, his appeal against that conviction was denied and Judge Philip Babington approved the sentence.
It was however while giving evidence from the witness box that Foley accused the police and Probation Service of blackmailing him.
"I was held hostage in Northern Ireland, blackmailed, unless I stayed in a Probation Hostel, which I would not do.
"I wanted to live in Donegal where I'd been living before my arrest but they refused to let me.
"They wanted me to go to a Probation Hostel but I could not go out, could not go with a woman, could not go to work.
"Sure I may as well have stayed in prison," Foley said.
However, Judge Babington said he was "quite satisfied that Foley had been correctly convicted at the Magistrate's Court last January.
He told Foley, "Furthermore I do not take kindly to people making allegations and abusing the privilege of the witness box", he said.
Judge Babington said he affirmed the four month sentence and released Foley because he had time served for the offence.
Following his release from prison, Foley lived with his daughter in Gortin but he left the village following a series of public protests against his presence. He then moved to a house at Seegronnan Road in Killeter, however his home was badly damaged following an arson attack last year.
Last month it was revealed that the police operation to monitor Foley was costing the tax payer almost $4,000 per day. The figures revealed £103,000 were spent during last February to monitor Foley.
