Heir to Max Factor fortune convicted of rape

A JURY in the US has convicted the fugitive heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune on charges of raping three women and drugging two of them at his beach house.

Andrew Luster, who fled in the middle of his trial while under house arrest, was found guilty yesterday of 86 counts that included rape, sodomy, drug and weapons possession and poisoning. The jury in Ventura, California, were deadlocked on one count of poisoning one of the victims.

The conviction could put Luster, the 39-year-old great-grandson of Max Factor, in prison for life if he is captured.