Bulli rapist Terry John Williamson leaves prison after 22 years
THE man known as the Bulli rapist has walked free from prison after 22 years.
Terry John Williamson, 42, walked out of Silverwater jail at 11am (AEDT) today.
Williamson, wearing a white polo shirt, jeans, sneakers and a brown cap, said nothing to waiting media as he got into a pale blue car.
There didn't appear to be anyone at the prison to meet him.
As a young man, Williamson terrorised the community of Bulli, on the NSW south coast, for 10 months in 1989 and 1990, using a police radio scanner to avoid detection.
He was convicted of 19 charges relating to the sexual assault of 10 females between the ages of five and 43, and an 11-year-old boy.
The 42-year-old was granted parole by the State Parole Authority in January after serving almost 22 years of a 24-year sentence.
He had been denied parole every year since 2004, but the parole board determined he should be released and would be monitored in the community with only two years remaining of his sentence.
Williamson must comply with 42 parole conditions, including electronic monitoring, drug and alcohol testing, anti-libido medication and staying away from his victims and the Illawarra Region.
Victims of Crime Association League (VOCAL) vice president Howard Brown said Williamson should have been jailed for life.
"Regrettably because the sentence was clearly inadequate in Williamson's case, the NSW State Parole Authority had in my view no option but to order his release under very strict supervision," Mr Brown told AAP.
"But if justice were to have been done ... he should have been originally sentenced to life imprisonment, never to be released."
Mr Brown says while Williamson is under supervision the risk to the community is low.
"But I will become quite concerned when the community compliance group, which is currently responsible for his supervision, hands the matter over to the probation and parole service," he said.
"Because there is historical evidence to indicate the probation and parole will not do a proper job of supervision."
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