NSW serial rapist banned from owning horses

The ruling by NSW Supreme Court Justice Robert Hulme noted that Morgan demonstrates a lack of insight and remorse for his offending, and exhibits the diagnostic characteristics of being a psychopath.

Morgan was first convicted in 1976 of carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl, but his sentence was deferred on the condition he commit no further offenses for two years.

Just a year later, in 1977, he was sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labor for maliciously killing a horse, which psychologists now believe was sexually motivated.

Court-appointed psychologist Carollyne Youssef diagnosed Morgan with a pedophilic disorder, although he noted that he denies having an interest in underage women and claims he has “nothing to address.”

“Morgan’s behavior is characterized by predatory tendencies, with a focus on young women because of their perceived vulnerability and the ease with which they can be manipulated or controlled,” she said.

“His lack of empathy and emotional detachment from the suffering of others allows him to engage in this behavior without guilt or remorse.”

The conditions imposed on Morgan ban him from visiting parks, playgrounds, cinemas, libraries and museums, campsites and caravan parks, as well as playing fields and sports facilities.

Morgan spent long periods in prison, including consecutive periods of incarceration from 1990 to 2001 and from 2015 to 2023.

He was convicted in 1990 of raping two girls, aged 13 and 15, whom he offered to give a lift after telling them he was a police officer.

After being released from prison for these crimes, he raped a 14-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman after tricking them into accompanying him to a remote location by offering work.

In 2018, he was sentenced to three years for indecent behavior towards an 11-year-old girl, whose interest in horses he took advantage of to lure her to his rural estate.

He was released on parole in September 2023 but returned to custody less than three months later when charged with the pending bestiality crimes.

The bestiality case will go to trial on Tuesday.