The District Court has heard how the owner of a hostel allegedly drugged and raped a woman after inviting her and a friend to his home for lunch.
Lubo Zahorsky from Sydney denies that he committed rape and claims that any sex which took place was consensual. Mr. Zahorsky stands accused of giving the two female students a bottle of wine into which he had previously mixed the drugs Stillnox and Rohypnol, two extremely potent drugs.
Crown Prosecutor Sarah Bowers said that the women claim that Mr. Zahorsky took the bottle of lambrusco from the fridge and poured it into their glasses himself. They also say that he did not join them but instead sipped beer.
Mr. Zahorsky’s lawyer Matthew Johnston claims that his client was actually cooking outside on the barbecue when the wine was pored and that it was poured by one of the students.
After lunch the two women say that their vision became blurred and that they soon both lost consciousness. One says she woke up to find Mr. Zahorsky kissing her and touching her genitals. She says that although she could not feel anything and although it was like being in a dream, Mr. Zahorsky was moving in a way which suggested he was having sex with her.
The woman’s friend confirms that she woke up to see Mr. Zahorsky on top of her without his clothes on.
Both girls later got in contact with their country’s consulate.
Mr. Zahorsky had previously been prescribed with both the drugs alleged to have been involved, and a brochure on Rohypnol was also discovered in his home. The trial continues.