He also admitted to assaulting unknown men and women in the CBD on March 15. Documents released by Melbourne Magistrates Court say Macarthur was drunk when he punched, pushed and kicked men and women he walked past that afternoon, and elbowing one woman in the jaw. He was arrested about 5pm but was granted bail that night and released from custody at 9.37pm. A little over seven hours later he was in the CBD again, when he saw the tourist at a tram stop. The tourist was alone and on her way to stay at a friend's home after a night out, and later told police that although she felt uneasy about Macarthur she thought the safest option was to be nice to him. They boarded a tram about 5.20am. The woman told police Macarthur began kissing her while they were on the tram, and that she mouthed for help to another man, but the passenger did nothing.

"There was another guy on the tram. I mouthed 'help' to this guy, but he just watched me. There were other people on the tram and they also just watched us," she said. "I looked at this guy who was watching me and again I looked at his eyes and I mouthed 'help'. But he just stared at me. He probably thought I knew this guy on the tram and that we were just drunk." The woman got off the tram near St Vincent's, but Macarthur followed her and threw her to the ground. She told police the hospital doors were locked and that Macarthur raped her with his fingers. "I was fighting him but I thought: 'this is it, I am going to be raped no one is coming to the doors to help me'," the woman said. During the assault, the woman said she saw a security guard inside the hospital.

"I was mouthing 'Please help me'. They were just looking at me. I guess they were trying to understand what was going on," she said. The doors were eventually opened and the security guard spoke to Macarthur, the documents say. A hospital receptionist rang police when the rapist ran away. Macarthur, originally from New Zealand and formerly of Kensington, was arrested in the CBD about 11 hours later when he saw police and ran into an adult store. He later told investigators he and the woman had "grabbed hold of each other" and that their time together was "all a bit of fun and games". He conceded he had been overly aggressive with the woman but hadn't wanted to hurt her, as he wanted her to be his girlfriend.

"I wanted her and if I could go back and do it again I would go back and I might be just a touch gentler, but not much 'cause I wanted her," he told police.