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stated that his sexual offending likely evolved out of the enjoyment he obtained from shocking others with his unusual physique, particularly his "shrivelled genitalia", and a 2004 psychiatric report stated that he found it "more thrilling to masturbate in front of a pretty woman, mainly due to the
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On 12 April 1999, Rust saw Maya Jakic, aged 30, walking on the street and pulled over in his car to offer "a lift and some fun". She refused. He then got out of his car and exposed himself to her, at which point she laughed at him. He then attacked and killed her, dumping her body at the disused
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He pleaded guilty in May 2003 to the 1999 murder of Maya Jakic and the 2001 murder of
Japanese student Megumi Suzuki. 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
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and potentially be released from prison once the non-parole period had expired. Prison authorities opposed the request, stating that he was "aggressive and abusive" towards prison guards, although Rust denied the allegations. Rust's counsel claimed that his whole life term made his imprisonment
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Rust was not initially linked to the murder. He was sent to prison for an unrelated trespassing offence later in 1999, where he remained until 23 July 2001. Shortly after his release, he continued his sexual offending by accosting a woman who he then masturbated in front of in
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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.
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After Suzuki's murder he disposed of her body in a rubbish bin. He revealed this detail to police after his arrest, leading to a police search of more than 10,000 tonnes of rubbish before her body was discovered in
December 2001, at a waste disposal facility in
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played one of his phone calls to the authorities about Jakic's body in a request for information. An acquaintance of Rust's recognised his voice and named him as a suspect. His handwriting was later linked to the note left at
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Rust was initially arrested for the rape on 16 August and placed on remand. While on remand, he boasted about the murders to other offenders, including that he had Megumi Suzuki's CD player in his cell. At the same time,
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