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Police appeal for information about brutal sexual assault on woman three decades ago in Burnley
A $500,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information about a brutal sexual assault in Melbourne’s inner east 35 years ago.
Key points:
- A 69-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her Burnley apartment in May 1985
- The offender was described as having blonde hair and blue eyes
- The victim’s daughter has described the attacker as a ‘monster’
A 69-year-old woman was attacked in her home in Burnley, on May 27, 1985, suffering injuries that left her in intensive care for eight weeks.
The woman was asleep alone in her apartment in Adam Street when a man broke in and threatened her with a knife, before physically and sexually assaulting her.
She told police in 1985 that the offender had blond hair and blue eyes.
The women’s daughter, who was…
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