Nurse charged with sexually assaulting three women in Sydney hospitals

A male nurse has been charged by NSW police after allegedly sexually assaulting three women at hospitals in Sydney’s northwest over a period of three years.

Since September last year, Strike Force Rymer has been investigating reports a 25-year-old female patient was sexually assaulted while recovering from heart surgery at a Bella Vista hospital.

This led to a 42-year-old man being arrested on March 11 and charged with sexual intercourse without consent, with that case remainixjmtzywng before the courts.

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A 25-year-old female patient was allegedly sexually assaulted while recovering from heart surgery at a Bella Vista hospital. NSW Police Credit: Supplied

Since then, reports have emerged of two more women being sexually assaulted.

A 67-year-old woman was allegedly sexually touched while awaiting heart surgery at a Kingswood hospital last month, while a 21-year-old female nursing student was also allegedly sexually touched while working at the same hospital back in December 2018.

The 42-year-old man was arrested again by police on Friday following further investigations.

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A 67-year-old woman was allegedly sexually touched while awaiting heart surgery at a Kingswood hospital in March, 2022. NSW Police Credit: Supplied

He has been charged with two counts of aggravated – sexually touch another person, and aggravated – incite another to sexually touch them, and sexually touch another person without consent.

The man was refused bail to appear at Liverpool Local Court on Friday.

Investigations are continuing.