Arabic version: إدانة النائب السابق في نيو ساوث ويلز روري آمون
According to ABC News, former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy in 2017 after the pair met on a dating app.
Amon, the former member for Pittwater, stood trial in the NSW Supreme Court on charges of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14.
The court heard that Amon first met the boy in person in July 2017. They entered the toilet of an underground car park, where the jury found the boy was raped and indecently assaulted. The jury deliberated for about four hours before delivering its verdict.
Amon argued that he believed the boy was 17. He did not dispute sexual activity occurred at the first meeting. The victim said he told Amon he was 15, though he was in fact 13.
In a March trial involving 10 charges connected to the same victim, Amon was found not guilty of eight charges relating to an alleged second meeting, which he denied occurred. The jury was hung on the remaining two counts, leading to the retrial. Amon remains on bail and is listed for a sentence hearing later this month.
