Former Australian state lawmaker found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy
Rory Amon, 37, a former member of the New South Wales state parliament in Australia, was found guilty on Friday of raping a 13-year-old boy and of sexually assaulting a child. His sentence is scheduled for 27 November.
An Australian Supreme Court found former politician Rory Amon, 37, guilty on Friday of raping a 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulting a child in an underground car park toilet. The case was reported by the British outlet The Sun. Amon now faces a prison sentence.
How the case began
Amon met the boy on a website intended only for adults. Before they met in 2017, the two exchanged intimate photographs. The meeting took place in the car park beneath the boy's apartment building. Police were informed after the teenager told a teacher about what he had experienced.
Political career
At the time, Amon worked for federal MP Jason Falinski. He later represented the Pittwater district in the New South Wales state parliament. After charges were brought in 2023, he was expelled from the Liberal Party and resigned from his post.
Course of the proceedings
This was the second Supreme Court trial in the case. In March, a different jury acquitted Amon on eight other charges of sexual offences against the same teenager, but could not agree on a verdict on these two counts. The retrial concerned those counts.
Amon denied wrongdoing. He claimed he honestly and reasonably believed the boy was at least 16 or 17 years old. He has been released on bail until the final judgment, and the court plans to hand down the sentence on 27 November.
