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Former NSW MP Rory Amon Found Guilty of Child Rape and Indecent Assault
The jury found Rory Amon guilty on two counts after hearing he met the boy on a hookup website and led him into a toilet.
- NSW Supreme Court jury found former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy, concluding a one-week trial.
- The charges stemmed from a 2017 meeting in a Mona Vale apartment car park toilet, where Amon, 27 at the time, met the teenager after connecting on an adult hook-up website.
- During the trial, Amon argued he held an honest belief the teenager was 17; this proceeding followed a retrial after a previous jury acquitted him of eight separate charges in March.
- Amon will return to court for a sentencing hearing on November 27, following his 2024 resignation from Parliament that ended his brief tenure as the Liberal MP for Pittwater.
- This conviction marks the third former NSW MP convicted of sexual offences in recent years, following cases involving Gareth Ward and Milton Orkopoulos; support is available via the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service.
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Former state MP found guilty of raping child in toilet
An ex-state MP has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young teen in a car park toilet...
·Newcastle, Australia
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Total News Sources19
Leaning Left8Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution53% Left
Bias Distribution
- 53% of the sources lean Left
53% Left
L 53%
C 20%
R 27%
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