Man admits to raping jogger at Melbourne creek in attack described as ‘chamber of horrors’
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6A23T)
Joel Russo raped the woman and held her head under water at Merri Creek in 2019
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A man has admitted to holding a female jogger's head under creek water and repeatedly raping her in an attack described by a Victorian judge as every woman's nightmare".
Joel Russo, 28, pleaded guilty in Victoria's county court to rape, sexual assault and conduct endangering a person after attacking a woman in Melbourne's north in 2019.
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