Killer who cut off ankle monitor back in police custody

Detectives from the WA Police Serious Offender Management squad alleged the 55-year-old removed his ankle monitor before he was last seen in the Fremantle area on Wednesday afternoon, sparking a major search.

Police said Carr, deemed a high-risk serious offender, was taken into police custody in Claremont on Saturday afternoon.

Carr was convicted in 1987 of murdering his brother-in-law in NSW and served almost 20 years behind bars.

He was reimprisoned after being convicted of raping and bashing a 16-year-old woman in her regional WA home in 1987.

The charges came about after emerging technology was used to re-examine forensic evidence found at the crime scene.

A cold case review by WA detectives uncovered Carr's DNA on the victim's T-shirt and pillowcase.