A knife-wielding man prowled a Sydney university campus, accosting a young female student and forcing himself on another woman in a lift.

Court documents released by the NSW District Court following the jailing of 32-year-old Jesse Brix outlined the terrifying crime spree in March last year, which began at UNSW and ended with a break-in at a Bondi Beach apartment while a woman was home.

University cleaner attacked at knifepoint

Shortly before 6am on March 6, CCTV footage captured Brix leave a tram stop near the university’s Randwick campus.

Less than 10 minutes later, a 23-year-old cleaner clocked on for her solo shift at a science building, put earphones in and called her husband.

CCTV footage showed Brix – whom the cleaner thought was a construction worker – getting into a lift with

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