Nightclub boss’s son gets retrial for alleged rape

The son of a Sydney nightclub owner who was convicted of raping a teenage girl has been granted a retrial.

The son of a Sydney nightclub owner who was convicted of raping a teenage girl in a Kings Cross alleyway and was jailed for three years will be released from custody after being granted a retrial.

Luke Andrew Lazarus bragged about taking the virginity of the 18-year-old woman he was found guilty of raping behind his father’s club Soho in May 2013.

The Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that he would be granted a retrial, stating its reasons would “be handed down in due course”.

Lazarus, who was convicted in March after a trial earlier last year, has been granted conditional bail.

A decision about other grounds of appeal that could lead to his being acquitted was reserved by the court yesterday.

AAP