
Airbnb host James Lithgow jailed for raping Japanese tourist hired to clean Halls Gap property in regional Victoria
An Airbnb superhost who raped a young Japanese woman he had hired to clean his rural property has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. James Lithgow twice raped and sexually assaulted the 19-year-old, who spoke little English, in a caravan next to his home in Halls Gap in 2018. County Court Judge Fran Dalziel said the…