Suppression order of identity of the North Shore rapist overturned 04:55

Now, big props to my colleagues at the Sydney Morning Herald. They've done some extraordinary work here. They've been able to overturn a court order that has been suppressing the identity of one of Sydney's most notorious rapists. Now, this guy's name is Graham Kay, better known as the North Shore Rapist. And Graham Kay was sentenced to over 15 years in jail back in the year 2000 for

for the rapes and attempted rapes of eight women and girls at Knife Point during the mid-1990s. You probably remember it. It was big news at the time. Now, his crimes were reported at the time, but a non-publication order has meant the public has been left in the dark over key details in offences that Graham Kaye has committed against two other women

since being released in 2015. Well, Perrin Duffin has written this in the Herald today and he joins me on the line. Perrin, congratulations to you and your colleagues in getting this suppression order overturned. What can you now report that we previously didn't know?

Well, mate, what we have been able to uncover is that Graham Kay has offended twice, first in 2018 and again in 2022, after being released from prison for those horrible attacks in the 90s. And crucially, we've been able to report that...

that he offended in recent years after his release restrictions were watered down. So basically, ankle monitors, schedule of movements, things that are supposed to keep tabs on the most dangerous criminals were watered down and then he went on to offend. And we can also reveal that he's back in the community now and has been living a very quiet life trying to not get recognised in the street. So...

Graham Kay goes to jail in the mid-90s and early 2000s, sentenced to 15 years for the rapes of eight women and girls at knife point. He's released in 2015. You can now reveal he also committed offences in 2018 and 2022. And you're telling me this guy's on the streets.

He is. And not only is he on the streets, it's that we haven't been able to say any of this. And that's a sort of double-edged problem because Graham Kaye walked into the courts and he's tried this a few times before saying how having his name out there makes him depressed. It ruins his friendships. It makes it hard for him to find work.

And he doesn't like it every time the media puts his face out there. But, you know, in 2022, for instance, he stalked a woman around Sydney CBD for two hours, followed her home, broke into her unit block and indecently assaulted her. But if you ask him, he's the one who needs to be protected from the media and from public scrutiny.

He's never been physically attacked outside of prison, but he basically convinced a court in 2020 to keep his name off the books so that he was allowed to go to the shops and, you know, go to the pub and do whatever it is that he wanted, normal life, without anyone knowing. And he said he doesn't want anyone to find out who he is. He wants to just get on with his life and rehabilitate. The extended supervision orders, why were they watered down? They're monitoring bracelets and the like.

Well, in 2018, he'd basically played by the rules for a couple of years since being released from prison. And he'd said to the courts, you know, I want to get... I don't want an ankle bracelet on me anymore. It's embarrassing. I wear long pants to work and I don't want anyone to find out who I am. So the courts and the state of New South Wales took the ankle bracelet off him. And pretty quickly after that, he walked into a...

supermarket and planted what was described as a slobbery kiss on a 16 year old girl she was horrified and the judge found today that the only reason she was able to properly escalate that with the police and recognize him was because the media had shone a light on him previously

Police had also found out in 2018 that he, you know, had relationships or had a sex worker around his house. And these were violations of his ESO. He wasn't supposed to be doing this. And yet, despite that, in 2020, he got it watered down again. So he was back on an ankle bracelet then, but he was allowed to walk around wherever he pleased. And that's when he decided to follow a woman around the shops in the Queen Victoria building. Well, I'm pleased that you and the Sydney Morning Herald...

have pushed the courts to overturn this non-publication order because any person in society with any reasonable mind would say that this guy deserves to have his crimes exposed to the public. So Perry, well done. Well done to all your colleagues and great work. Thanks very much, Chris. Appreciate it. That's Perry Duffin.