‘Moore Park Rapist’ pleads guilty to two-year Sydney reign of terror

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A man dubbed the “Moore Park Rapist” has admitted to a two-year sexual assault rampage against eight women, decades on from the spate of crimes which terrorised Sydney.

Between 1991 and 1993, Glenn Gary Cameron attacked young women and sparked widespread panic across the city as police searched desperately for the serial predator.

The attacks attracted comprehensive media attention.

As Cameron faced the John Maddison Tower Local Court via audiovisual link from Long Bay Correctional Complex on Tuesday, with light blonde hair and wearing glasses, he rested his chin on his interlocked hands and kept them there throughout the brief appearance. He muttered “yes, your honour” when the magistrate asked if he understood he was being committed for sentence in the District Court.

One of Cameron’s victims also faced court via audiovisual link to listen to the proceedings.

Cameron’s attacks attracted comprehensive media attention at the time.

On May 26, 1993, a Herald report revealed the hunt for an alleged repeat sex offender, referred to as the “Moore Park Rapist”, “The Night Stalker” and “The City Rapist”. The man was initially accused of attacking at least nine predominantly Asian women, aged 17 to 45, in the 14 months prior.

The article alleged that he lured his victims, mostly found near train stations, with fake job offers such as modelling or cleaning work at $15 per hour. It said he then convinced them to walk with him towards Moore Park and other inner west spots before sexually assaulting them at knifepoint, often at night.

Investigators set up a taskforce to find a man they described as “Mediterranean, clean-shaven with a tan [and] athletic build,” who regularly wore overalls during the attacks.

They said he seemed charming and well-mannered, spoke well in English and knew simple phrases in Cantonese, such as “Hello, how are you?”

Cameron, now 61 and with an Alice Springs address listed on court records, was arrested at Sydney Airport in February 2024 after a forensic technology breakthrough and painstaking reinvestigation.

Cameron was initially charged with 33 offences, but nine of those were dropped. At court on Tuesday, he admitted to 24 charges against eight victims, including aggravated sexual assault and indecent assault.

Fourteen of those were Form 1 offences, meaning they will be taken into account when he is sentenced for the other charges to which he formally pleaded guilty.

During his first attack, committed at Strathfield in April 1991, Cameron raped his victim at knifepoint.

Almost a year later, in his first attack at Moore Park, he raped his second victim while wielding a 15-centimetre knife. Six months later, he raped another victim twice at the same spot while threatening her with a butterfly knife.

From there, the attacks escalated.

Two weeks later, armed with a 20centimetre-long knife, he raped a woman five times within half an hour at Moore Park.

In the four attacks that followed, Cameron raped and attempted to rape his victims at knifepoint, including forcing them to perform degrading acts.

Cameron’s identity remained hidden for three months from the time of his arrest due to a wide-reaching suppression order banning reporting, which was quietly revoked in May last year.

Cameron, who has remained in custody on remand since his arrest, had been in lengthy negotiations with prosecutors and was expected to enter pleas on at least seven previous occasions, court records show.

At his last appearance on September 9, the court heard the parties had almost reached an agreement on the last disputed facts.

Cameron will next face the District Court on October 24.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence
Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).