Sydney's 'Bondi Beast' rapist revealed

NSW police have linked 31 sexual assaults in Sydney over 16 years to one man, who died in February. (David Moir/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Thirty-seven years after his first attack, NSW Police have identified a serial rapist who terrorised women in Sydney's eastern suburbs for decades.

DNA testing has revealed the culprit to be a 66-year-old man who died from kidney failure In February, and who has been named in media reports as Keith Simms from Sydney's La Perouse.