A sex attacker in Australia reportedly turned himself in on his mother’s orders after she spotted him on the news.
CCTV footage of Steven Robert Rundell had been released in a police appeal searching for witnesses to a sexual assault in Sydney.
A 22-year-old woman had been attacked as she walked home through the Kings Cross district in the early hours of 20 January 2014, with a man restraining, groping and forcibly kissing her.
After police exhausted their leads three months later, they launched an appeal using CCTV images of the suspect.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Rundell’s mother recognised him on the evening news and rang her son to tell him to hand himself in.
At a hearing at the New South Wales District Court today, the 37-year-old admitted indecent assault but pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent, the newspaper reported. He will be sentenced on 4 March.
