In 2015, convicted rapist Graham James Kay was granted parole after 18 years in prison. Now, less than two years later, 66-year-old Kay will have his monitoring device removed.
Kay has been wearing the monitor since he was released in 2015. The removal of the device was contingent on Kay’s compliance with 42 conditions of his parole supervision order, overseen by senior correctional services officers who say Kay has done everything that was asked of him during this time.
Kay pleaded guilty to and was convicted of attacking and violently raping eight women at knifepoint on Sydney’s North Shore in the 1990s.
Officials have always suspected there were more victims who had not come forward.
In April 2017, one of Kay’s victims spoke publicly for the first time on A Current Affair.
She revealed she was terrified and disgusted that the man who raped her in 1996 would be returning to the community.
“I just think it’s wrong. He shouldn’t be out on the streets. I’m in for of him and for other women as well,” ‘Juanita’ told A Current Affair last year.
“We need to have tougher sentencing. It’s not right. He shouldn’t be out, he could hurt anybody,” she said. “He took away so much from us and showed us terror … he doesn’t deserve anything.”
The news of the removal of Kay’s monitoring device follows two forensic psychiatrists revealing Kay fell into the category of sexual sadism disorder, a chronic and relapsing paraphilic disorder – meaning he was vulnerable to relapse.
