- Glenn Gary Cameron, 61, pleaded guilty to 13 sexual assault charges from the early 1990s after police solved the case using advanced DNA testing.
- Cameron lured women aged 17–45 in Sydney’s inner west and Moore Park, often with fake job offers, before threatening them with knives and assaulting them.
- The case was revived in 2022 when DNA linked multiple assaults; police later matched Cameron’s DNA from a beer glass and a fork at Sydney Airport.
- Victims have waited more than 30 years for justice, with sentencing set for 24 October in the NSW District Court.
A court sketch of Glenn Gary Cameron, now 61, known as the Night Stalker, appearing at Downing Centre local court on Tuesday. Photograph: Rocco Fazzari/AAP
Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.
Glenn Gary Cameron, the man once dubbed Sydney’s “Night Stalker”, has pleaded guilty to a string of violent sexual assaults committed against women in the early 1990s after police cracked the case through advanced DNA testing.
Cameron, 61, admitted to 13 charges — including 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault, one of attempted aggravated assault, and one of indecent assault — when he appeared in Downing Centre Local Court last week. A further 14 offences will be taken into account at sentencing, while nine charges, including allegations of robbery and assault, were withdrawn (The Guardian).
The attacks, carried out between 1991 and 1993, targeted women aged between 17 and 45 in Sydney’s inner west and around Moore Park. According to court documents cited by The Guardian, Cameron would often approach women near train stations, offering money or work before luring them to isolated areas where he threatened them with knives and sexually assaulted them.
One victim reportedly described how Cameron tricked her with a fabricated cleaning job, telling her: “There was another girl that did the cleaning, but she has burnt her skin and I have just taken her to the hospital. I need someone to help me clean the office now.”
Police investigations at the time failed to identify the attacker, and a 1993 task force was disbanded without charges. For decades, the cases remained unsolved.
A breakthrough came in 2022 when forensic scientists linked four cases to the same DNA profile. Detectives then identified a familial link through the national DNA database, eventually tracing it back to Cameron.
In January 2024, police obtained a sample from a beer glass and fork Cameron had used at Sydney International Airport after returning from Alice Springs en route to Thailand. DNA from those items matched the profile, and he was arrested soon after (The Guardian).
When first confronted with the allegations, Cameron denied wrongdoing. According to court records cited by The Guardian, he said: “No. That, no, definitely not. I wouldn’t, that doesn’t even sound like anything I’d do.” He later conceded: “If my DNA is with that lady, obviously I’ve had sex with her, OK. But that’s all I know … I’ve had sex with a lot of ladies.”
Cameron had lived a transient life following his discharge from the Australian Army, struggling with homelessness and drug use. During the early 1990s, he worked in a Newtown funeral parlour, close to where some assaults took place (The Guardian).
Victims, many now in their 50s, 60s and 70s, have waited more than three decades for justice. One of the women has since died.
Cameron is due to be sentenced in the New South Wales District Court on 24 October.
Support services, including 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), are available for anyone affected by sexual violence.