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News.com.au
13-05-2025
- News.com.au
Ex-soldier appeals horrific rape crimes
A former soldier who drugged and raped multiple women he met on social media dating apps has lodged an appeal against his convictions. Father-of-two Adam Lusk was imprisoned for 28 years - one of the longest terms in Western Australia for such crimes - in January after he was found guilty of 97 offences. Lusk drugged 12 victims, three of whom were teenage girls, so they were unconscious, between 2020 and 2022. He filmed nine of the victims. Lusk has now lodged an appeal against the convictions. During the sentencing, Judge Alan Troy said Lusk's sexual offending stole something 'precious and irreplaceable' from his victims. 'To drug someone with stupefying substances and commit acts they did not consent to is going beyond the norm,' he said. He said if the police had not arrested Lusk in 2022 he would have continued offending. 'While your offending does not involve threats, or violence, the absence of those factors shows the offending could have been worse, but it does not diminish your actions,' he said. 'Stupefying drugs were more than adequate for your purposes. 'You took away their ability by drugging your victims so they were not capable of resisting your sexual offending.' Following a complaint to police, detectives seized Lusk's phone and found videos of vile sexual abuse in a folder titled 'secret'. Some of the women had no memory of the assault and only found out what occurred when police approached them about the recordings found on Lusk's phone months later. Three of his victims were teenagers aged 17 and 16 when the offending occurred. Judge Troy said the women would have been deeply distressed to find out months later that Lusk had recorded and violated them. 'Your offending was planned and premeditated, it was truly predatory you showed no mercy when you forced yourself on your victims,' he said. 'You deliberately rendered your victims unconscious for an extended period of time, you posed a significant risk to their lives and safety. 'Your compulsive desire to seek sexual gratification gave no thought to the impact of your conduct to those victims. 'The majority of the victims were all remarkably younger than you, in that respect they were more vulnerable. 'Three of the victims were still children aged under 18.'
Perth Now
13-05-2025
- Perth Now
Fresh twist after serial WA rapist found guilty of 97 crimes
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault A convicted serial rapist found to have drugged and violated a dozen women and girls has launched an appeal against his conviction and sentence. Father-of-two Adam Lusk was jailed for 28 years in January after he was convicted of the shocking crimes. It is one of the longest jail terms for a rapist in Western Australia. During the five-week trial, the district court heard the civil engineer used the internet to trap his victims. Adam Lusk was jailed for 28 years. Credit: Instagram / Supplied Between April 2020 and January 2022, he invited 12 women on dates or to his house in Ascot, Perth, where he assaulted them. Two of the victims were 17-year-old school friends and one was a 16-year-old girl. Lusk was acquitted of indecently assaulting a fourth teenager. Nine women were recorded, including one who could be heard pleading, 'no', 'stop' and 'please, show mercy'. Ten of the victims were drugged with ketamine, Xanax or clonazepam, which the offender bought through the encrypted messaging service Telegram. The 45-year-old claimed what took place was consensual and he denied spiking the drinks of women he had met on dating apps. Lusk pleaded not guilty to a total of 100 counts, claiming the women were consenting and were either 'lazy' or 'role-playing' being unconscious. He was convicted of 97 counts, including 85 of counts of sexual penetration without consent and 12 counts of stupefying in order to commit an indictable offence. If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit In an emergency, call 000. Advice and counselling for men concerned about their use of family violence: Men's Referral Service, 1300 766 491.
7NEWS
13-05-2025
- 7NEWS
Adam Lusk launches appeal over conviction and sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting women and girls
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault A convicted serial rapist found to have drugged and violated a dozen women and girls has launched an appeal against his conviction and sentence. Father-of-two Adam Lusk was jailed for 28 years in January after he was convicted of the shocking crimes. It is one of the longest jail terms for a rapist in Western Australia. During the five-week trial, the district court heard the civil engineer used the internet to trap his victims. Between April 2020 and January 2022, he invited 12 women on dates or to his house in Ascot, Perth, where he assaulted them. Two of the victims were 17-year-old school friends and one was a 16-year-old girl. Lusk was acquitted of indecently assaulting a fourth teenager. Nine women were recorded, including one who could be heard pleading, 'no', 'stop' and 'please, show mercy'. Ten of the victims were drugged with ketamine, Xanax or clonazepam, which the offender bought through the encrypted messaging service Telegram. The 45-year-old claimed what took place was consensual and he denied spiking the drinks of women he had met on dating apps. Lusk pleaded not guilty to a total of 100 counts, claiming the women were consenting and were either 'lazy' or 'role-playing' being unconscious. He was convicted of 97 counts, including 85 of counts of sexual penetration without consent and 12 counts of stupefying in order to commit an indictable offence. In an emergency, call 000.
