Sydney ‘Night Stalker’ pleads guilty to string of sexual assaults in 90s

A 61-year-old man, Glenn Gary Cameron, has pleaded guilty to a series of sexual assaults committed in Sydney during the early 1990s, marking a significant breakthrough in a cold case that had remained unsolved for three decades. Cameron, infamously known as Sydney’s ‘Night Stalker’ and the ‘Moore Park Rapist,’ was arrested at Sydney International Airport in February 2023 after detectives utilized advanced DNA and fingerprint technologies to revisit the unsolved cases. He has admitted to more than a dozen charges, including 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault involving the use of a weapon as a threat, targeting eight women between 1991 and 1993. Cameron’s identity was initially suppressed due to a reporting ban, which was lifted three months after his arrest. On Tuesday, he appeared via video link in Downing Centre Local Court, where he pleaded guilty to 13 of the 36 charges he faced. Nine charges were withdrawn, while the remaining 14 will be considered during his sentencing next month. These include multiple counts of indecent assault, aggravated sexual assault, and detaining a person for advantage. One of the victims, who was attacked decades ago, participated in the court proceedings remotely. A 1993 Sydney Morning Herald article revealed that the victims were primarily Asian women aged 17 to 45, with the attacker using simple Cantonese phrases to lure them near train stations under the guise of offering fake jobs before assaulting them at knifepoint, usually at night. The first attack occurred in April 1991 in Strathfield, followed by others in Moore Park.