Ex-Liberal MP Rory Amon found guilty of sexually assaulting teen

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A former state MP has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a toilet block nearly a decade ago.

Former Liberal MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of sexually assaulting and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly a decade ago.

Amon, 37, stood trial in the NSW Supreme Court having pleaded not guilty to one count each of sexual intercourse with a person between 10 and 14 and indecent assault of a person under 16.

After a one-week trial and four hours of deliberation, the jury on Friday afternoon returned guilty verdicts on both counts.

The charges related to sexual acts with a boy, who was then 13 at the time, in a toilet block at the teenager’s family’s Mona Vale apartment building on Sydney’s northern beaches in July 2017.

The former state member for Pittwater and Northern Beaches Councillor, who was 27 at the time, had argued he thought the boy was 17.

He was facing a re-trial, having battled the same allegations during a trial last year.

Amon was found not guilty of eight counts at trial in March this year.

Following the first trial, the jury was deadlocked on two of the charges, and the Director of Public Prosecutions elected to seek a retrial.

Amon will appear in court again on November 27 for sentencing proceedings.

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