John Collins, 74, guilty of drugging and raping women after luring them to his yacht A QUEENSLAND man found guilty of drugging and raping women after luring them to his yacht still insists he is innocent. John Collins, 74, enticed the young women to work as a nanny on his yacht by promising travel to Queensland's Whitsundays and other tropical islands. During his trial, the Supreme Court in Brisbane heard Collins would offer his victims a spiked drink and then rape or sexually assault them. Two of the women fell pregnant, prosecutor David Nardone said. Collins pleaded not guilty to 22 charges, including 10 of rape and five of stupefying in order to commit an offence. The court heard the offences took place between 1986 and 2000, at various places between the Gold Coast and Bundaberg. After more than a week deliberating, the jury on Friday found him guilty of 19 counts, and not guilty of two. They were unable to reach a verdict on one charge. Following the verdict, Collins, who sacked his lawyers at the start of the trial and represented himself, complained he had been unfairly convicted. I just can't believe that. I am 100 per cent innocent and I've been found guilty of all of these crimes," he told the court. Collins will be sentenced on April 3.