A FORMER Hunter man linked to an investigation into the disappearance and suspected murder of four Lake Macquarie women displayed predatory, controlling and extremely violent behaviour towards three young women over nearly two decades, according to newly revealed court documents.
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Warren John McCorriston, now 59, a former Queensland resort manager, will be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to a string of historical sexual and serious violence offences against three women at Gosford and Lake Macquarie between 1979 and 1997.
McCorriston was extradited to NSW in January 2020 after Strike Force Arapaima detectives charged him with a string of historical offences.
Strike Force Arapaima, led by veteran Lake Macquarie detective Sergeant Kristi Faber, was established in April 2019 to investigate the disappearance of university student Leanne Goodall, 20, after leaving the Star Hotel in December, 1978; dental nurse Robyn Hickie, 18, last seen at a Belmont North bus stop in April, 1979; Amanda Robinson, 14, last seen at a Swansea bus stop while walking home from a school dance in April, 1979 and Gordana Kotevski, 16, who was last seen in 1994 while walking home at Charlestown.
No one has been charged in relation to their disappearances and suspected murders.
According to court documents relating to the sexual assaults and serious violence offences, McCorriston repeatedly raped and assaulted two young women between the mid-1980s and late 1990s.
He would fly into a rage, punch the women in the head or rape them and later apologise and say it would never happen again.
He also stalked a 17-year-old girl in Newcastle, following her to the train station in his car and grabbing her before showing up at her work and repeatedly calling her at home.
"I know where you live," McCorriston told the girl, apparently keen to let her know he knew a lot about her. "I've been to your house."
He then described the girl's house, backyard and dog to her. Mr McCorriston is a former Belmont High student who worked at Rundles in Newcastle as a teenager before switching to hospitality and landing jobs at some of Queensland's best-known resorts.
I know where you live. I've been to your house.
- Warren McCorriston told one woman he was stalking in the early 1980s.
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