Western Sydney convicted child sex offenders and their vile crimes
They’ve faced the music for preying on our most vulnerable — these are some of western Sydney’s convicted child sex offenders and what happened when they were caught.
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They’ve preyed on our most vulnerable and their despicable acts have been aired in courts across Sydney.
These are some of western Sydney’s convicted child sex offenders and what happened when they faced the music.
STEPHEN JOHN HARMER
Convicted
The Prestons man was jailed in 2017 for multiple historical child sex offences targeting young girls over a 20-year-old period.
Harmer was found guilty of five counts of aggravated sexual assault against a victim under the age of 16 years and two counts of indecent assault where a victim is under the age of 10 years.
The then 62-year-old was also convicted of common assault and possessing child abuse material.
His five victims were girls aged between five and 12 years old, with the assaults occurring in Warwick Farm, Ingleburn, Lurnea and Airds between 1992 and 2012.
Harmer was sentenced to an aggregate term of 16 years’ jail with a non-parole period of 11 years. He will be eligible for parole in 2026.
FOUAD HASNA
Convicted
Fouad ‘Fred’ Hasna was sentenced to two years and three months’ jail time after indecently assaulting a boy at Bass Hill Plaza.
The 50-year-old father was cruising the shopping centre — a well-known gay beat — in April 2017 when the incident happened.
A Sydney court heard he followed a 12-year-old boy into the toilets and masturbated in a cubicle directly opposite the boy’s.
Hasna then exposed himself to the boy before groping his genitals and forcing the boy’s head towards his penis.
When the boy resisted, Hasna slapped him and forced the boy’s hand on his genitals.
Judge Robyn Tupman found the former hospitality worker had “misread the situation” and was not a risk to the community as a paedophile.
He pleaded guilty to counts of indecently assaulting a child under 16.
RAYMOND BARRY CORNWALL
Convicted
Convicted child molester and rapist Raymond Barry Cornwall served 14 years in jail for raping female victims as young as 13 at knifepoint in Sydney’s west in the 1990s.
In 2007, he sparked a statewide manhunt after taking off his surveillance bracket within hours of his release from prison.
The serial sex offender has since come back before the courts.
Last month the 65-year-old admitted to having 19 images containing child abuse material on his mobile phone while he was on a supervision order in September last year.
He pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
A Sydney court heard he had severe mental health issues including depressive disorder and chronic personality disorder.
He will be sentenced later this month.
GAVIN MALCOLM DUNCAN
Convicted
Jamisontown man Gavin Malcolm Duncan was jailed in June after having sex with a female student three times while employed as a teacher at Katoomba High School.
A Sydney court heard Duncan paid for an Uber to drop the 17-year-old girl off at his Glenmore Park home so they could have sex after they began texting outside of school hours.
The pair had sex three times over three weeks at his home, with Duncan telling his victim at point to wear a skirt to school the next day so he could “f*** her in the classroom”.
Police began investigating after Duncan confessed to a fellow teacher.
During a hearing in June, his victim told the court her life had “hit rock bottom” as a result of his offending.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of having sexual intercourse with a person in his care and was sentenced to at least seven months behind bars, with an additional eight months on parole.