Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 08:09 GMT
'Unconscious women'
The great grandson of Max Factor, Mr Luster was arrested after a woman he met went to the police alleging he had spiked her drink with the so-called "date rape" drug, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB).
When detectives raided his home, they say they found 17 videotapes or Mr Luster having sex with apparently unconscious women, many of whom have yet to be identified.
Detectives were reportedly investigating whether he could have been part of an international ring of playboy millionaires said to be known as the Bachelors, who trade film of their date rape attacks over the internet.
Several years ago a British woman claimed that she had fallen victim to such a gang, telling police she had been raped in a London hotel after GHB was slipped into her drink.
Mr Luster has consistently denied the charges against him, claiming the women on the videotapes were engaged in consensual sex.
He had been under house arrest for the last two years pending his trial.
Allan Menzies
Allan Menzies, 22, was obsessed with the vampire film, The Queen of the Damned and he considered its principal character, the vampire Akasha, his "queen." By his own count, he had watched the film at least 100 times, sometimes three times a day. In the process, he came to believe that Akasha actually appeared to him and ordered him to do things. So he killed, and his crime and trial were covered extensively by The Scotsman.