Global InformationMark Errin Rust information
Mark Rust | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark Errin Rust 1965 (age 58–59) Adelaide, South Australia |
| Other names | Mark Erin Rust |
| Conviction(s) |
|
| Criminal penalty |
|
| Details | |
| Victims | 2 |
Span of crimes | 1999–2001 |
| Country | Australia |
Date apprehended | October 2001 |
Mark Errin Rust (born 1965) is a convicted Australian serial sex murderer and rapist: he was convicted of two murders committed in 1999 and 2001 respectively. Rust is currently on an indefinite detention order.[1]
He pleaded guilty in May 2003 to the 1999 murder of Maya Jakic and the 2001 murder of Japanese student Megumi Suzuki.[2] At the same hearing, he also pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, gross indecency and rape, committed around the time of the murders. He was subsequently sentenced by the Supreme Court of South Australia to life without parole for the murders with a concurrent sentence of 12 years for the other offences.[3]
Rust had a long history of sexual offending, beginning in his early teens. Parole Board chief Frances Nelson described Rust as a "classic example of escalating sexual offences" and called for treatment programs to be made available outside of prison to prevent similar cases.[4]
- ^ a b Fewster, Sean (22 November 2016). "Serial sex predator, murderer Mark Errin Rust is struggling in prison without a non-parole period, court told". Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Goodman, Rick (22 November 2016). "SA killer wants release date for wellbeing". news.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
9newswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dowdell, Andrew (8 October 2012). "Parole Board chief Frances Nelson says early steps may reduce violent sex offences". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2017.