A man who was found guilty of luring three different women on his luxury yacht and raping them has said he’s forgiven the victims “in his heart”.
John Collins, 77, has appeared in court in a bid to overturn the convictions. He committed the horrific acts in the 1980s and early 2000s.
He was found guilty in three separate trials in 2014 and 2015 of raping three women (one of them a 17-year-old) in the Gold Coast, Hamilton Island and Kawana, but he still claims he’s innocent.
Representing himself at the hearing last week, he said: “I have not committed one single crime against those females. I’ve forgiven them in my heart (for) what they’ve done to me.”
“I’m going to die in jail because of these people, because of their filthy lies.”
Collins has already served five years of his more than 12 year sentence.
His appeal was unsuccessful.
