Former NSW MP found guilty of raping child in toilet

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A jury has convicted Rory Amon of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy at the child’s northern beaches’ apartment block.

Former Liberal MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy inside a car park toilet after four hours of jury deliberations.

The 37-year-old faced a one-week NSW Supreme Court trial on one count each of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 and indecently assaulting a child.

The court heard the former member for Pittwater and Northern Beaches councillor connected with the teenager on an adult hookup app in 2017. They moved to the message-deleting app, Snapchat, where they exchanged messages and explicit photos.

Amon was working for then-federal MP for Mackellar Jason Falinski and campaigning for council preselection. He used a fake name on his online profile.

Once the pair agreed to meet up, the boy told his parents he was going for a run and arranged to meet Amon outside their apartment block, where he lived, the court was told.

They walked through a communal courtyard, to a downstairs carpark and into a toilet.

The court heard they began kissing before Amon placed the complainant’s hand on his own penis through his tracksuit pants. Amon then pulled down his own pants and underwear and caused the 13-year-old to perform oral sex.

Amon did not dispute sexual activity occurred inside the toilet but had argued the boy told him he was 17.

The 12-person jury heard evidence over four days before retiring late on Thursday afternoon. They returned their verdicts on Friday after just four hours of deliberations.

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