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A man once dubbed the “Inner West rapist” will spend the next decade behind bars after being linked to a string of attacks in the mid-2000s through family DNA. Darren Kennedy was sentenced to a non-parole period of 13 years for sexually assaulting four women in suburban Sydney between December 2003 and March 2004.
Serial rapist learns fate for brutal assaults. The 54-year-old watched on via a video-link as Judge Jennie Girdham handed down her sentence at Downing Centre District Court on Friday. Kennedy pleaded guilty in May 2023 to a string of offences, including multiple counts of breaking and entering, rape and indecent assault. Girdham included a separate offence of possession of child abuse material in her sentence after 174 videos and 43 images were found on his phone following his arrest.
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