Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.
A serial rapist known as the "Night Stalker" has admitted to sexually assaulting eight women after a decades-old crime spree that terrified millions of Australians.
At least 10 women reported being assaulted in Sydney's Moore Park and inner-west areas between 1991 and 1993, leading media to decry the "Night Stalker" or the "Moore Park Rapist".
After more than three decades, breakthroughs in forensic technology led to the arrest of Glenn Gary Cameron at Sydney International Airport in February 2024.
The 61-year-old was charged with dozens of offences related to eight of the women who were targeted after dark over the three years.
After managing to keep his identity as the rapist secret for 30 years, Cameron appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday to plead guilty to 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault, one count of attempted aggravated assault and one count of indecent assault.
The Alice Springs resident wore rectangular glasses and had a clean-shaven face, with his white hair contrasting with his green prison tracksuit.
He admitted to raping eight women while wielding a variety of knives, which he threatened to use on the victims.
Then aged in his 20s, he indecently assaulted each of the eight women and detained one of them at knifepoint for his sexual gratification.
One of the complainants was groped and raped five times in the span of half an hour at Moore Park.
Cameron to face court again next month
Cameron pleaded guilty to 13 charges, with another 14 to be taken into consideration when he is sentenced later in the year.
Nine charges — including that Cameron punched two women in the head, hit another in the face multiple times, and robbed two women — were withdrawn by prosecutors.
He will face the NSW District Court on 24 October before being sentenced for his crimes.
Cameron's arrest was made possible by a forensic review of the historical sexual assaults, which used modern DNA and fingerprint technologies.
At the time, a magistrate made suppression orders that prevented the media from identifying Cameron or publishing the charges against him.
The court order was quietly revoked in May.
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