[2] At the same hearing, he also pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, gross indecency and rape, committed around the time of the murders.
Parole Board chief Frances Nelson described Rust as a "classic example of escalating sexual offences" and called for treatment programs to be made available outside of prison to prevent similar cases.
[7] During an episode of Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer, Dr Linda Papadopoulos stated that his sexual offending likely evolved out of the enjoyment he obtained from shocking others with his unusual physique, particularly his "shrivelled genitalia",[8] and a 2004 psychiatric report stated that he found it "more thrilling to masturbate in front of a pretty woman, mainly due to the reaction it would provoke for his victim".
On 12 April 1999, Rust saw Maya Jakic, aged 30, walking on the street and pulled over in his car to offer "a lift and some fun".
Shortly after his release, he continued his sexual offending by accosting a woman who he then masturbated in front of in Cumberland Park.
Thirteen days after Rust murdered Suzuki, on 16 August 2001, he raped a woman at her workplace,[6] but reportedly let her live because she pretended to enjoy his attack.
[11] At the same time, Crime Stoppers played one of his phone calls to the authorities about Jakic's body in a request for information.
In addition to his custodial sentence, Rust is also subject to an indefinite detention order, imposed because he was declared "incapable of controlling his sexual urges".
[2] Rust has been featured in episodes of the documentary series Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (2015) and Forensic Investigators (2004).