NSW police reveal identity of Bondi rapist almost 40 years after first Sydney assault

Detectives say Keith Simms, who died earlier this year, was behind 31 attacks between 1985 and 2001 with DNA used to track the predator

Almost 40 years after his first attack, New South Wales police have identified a serial rapist who terrorised women in Sydney's eastern suburbs for decades.

DNA testing has revealed the culprit to be a 66-year-old man who died from kidney failure in February and who has been named in media reports as Keith Simms from Sydney's La Perouse.