Police were called to a chemist on George Street in Sydney about 6pm on Friday after reports that a 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually touched by a man inside the pharmacy.

Police began an investigation and executed a search warrant in the early hours of the morning at an apartment in Blacktown.

Kay was arrested at the unit and was taken to Blacktown Police Station.

He was charged with sexually touching another person without consent.

Kay was released on parole in 2023 after serving two decades behind bars for sexually motivated attacks, including against eight women in Sydney’s north during the 1990s.

Dubbed the “North Shore Rapist”, Kay was released for those crimes in 2015 but sent back to jail for stalking and intimidating a woman in Sydney’s city centre in 2022.

Last year he lost a fight to have his name kept a secret with a judge arguing it’s in the public’s safety to know who he is.

He was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court today.

Kay was represented by his lawyer in court today who did not apply for bail.

The matter will return to Downing Centre on Monday.