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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Serial rapist guilty of murder

Ronald Richard Penn, 61, from the Central Coast, went missing in 1995.

A serial rapist has finally confessed to organising the attempted shooting murder of his partner as she headed into a NSW courtroom to testify against him.

Jennifer Forgacs, then 24, survived with serious injuries after another man followed her into Wyong Local Court and opened fire on her on November 21, 1995.

The gunman, then aged 24, was arrested at the scene.

Graham Thomas Sales on Friday admitted to soliciting the gunman to murder Ms Forgacs. "Guilty, thank you," he told NSW Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Fullerton.

Sales also confessed on Friday to the murder of Ronald Richard Penn, a 61-year- old Central Coast man who went missing in October 1995.

Mr Penn's white Mazda van was found burnt-out in bushland in Berkeley Vale on October 27 - three days after his last confirmed sighting.

Mr Penn only had a few clothes and personal belongings with him when he vanished. Sales admitted murdering Mr Penn at The Entrance North between October 23 and October 28.

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