Rape, torture charges against security guard who allegedly attacked four young women

A Sunshine Coast safe night precinct security officer has been charged with rape, torture, strangulation, stalking and deprivation of liberty.

Mar 18, 2022, updated May 22, 2025
A man arrested at Hope Island on the Gold Coast has been extradited to Sydney to face charges of an alleged $24m investment scam. (File image)
A man arrested at Hope Island on the Gold Coast has been extradited to Sydney to face charges of an alleged $24m investment scam. (File image)

Sunshine Coast detectives arrested and charged the 23-year-old man with multiple offences against four females, aged between their mid-teens and early 20s, on Thursday.

Police say he’s accused of rape, torture, strangulation, stalking, deprivation of liberty, extortion, hacking/misuse of computer, burglary and assault occasioning bodily harm.

The man worked as a security officer at the Maroochydore Safe Night Precinct, one of many set up by the government to reduce late-night drug and alcohol-related violence in popular entertainment areas.

Police say he met two of his alleged victims while working at the Maroochydore precinct.

Detectives will hold a media conference on Friday morning and make an appeal for further potential victims to come forward.

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