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Ex-NSW Liberal MP guilty of raping 13yo boy

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Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon was found guilty by a jury in the NSW Supreme Court for the rape and indecent assault of a 13-year-old boy in 2017. The court heard that Amon met the victim on a dating app and committed the offences in an underground car park during their first in-person meeting in July of that year. While Amon argued he believed the boy was 17 years old, the jury reached a verdict after roughly four hours of deliberation, and he remains on bail awaiting a sentencing hearing later this month.
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Rory Amon, a former NSW Liberal MP, has been found guilty by a jury of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a car park toilet in 2017. The 37-year-old faced charges of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14, and indecently assaulting a child. Amon had previously faced trial in March 2026, where a different jury acquitted him on eight separate charges of child sexual offending but could not reach a verdict on these two counts. The boy had met Amon through an adults-only website before exchanging explicit images, and they arranged to meet at the boy’s parent’s apartment block on the northern beaches. The court heard that Amon argued he thought the boy was 17. The matter is now listed for a sentence hearing later this month.

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ABC News (AU)This outlet13 Nov

Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon was found guilty by a jury in the NSW Supreme Court for the rape and indecent assault of a 13-year-old boy in 2017. The court heard that Amon met the victim on a dating app and committed the offences in an underground car park during their first in-person meeting in July of that year. While Amon argued he believed the boy was 17 years old, the jury reached a verdict after roughly four…

Ex-NSW Liberal MP guilty of raping 13yo boy (this article)
Sydney Morning Herald13 Nov

A NSW Supreme Court jury found former MP Rory Amon guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a car park toilet in 2017. The 37-year-old defendant was convicted on one count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 and one count of indecently assaulting a child. The reporting focuses on the specific circumstances of the crime, noting that the two met via a hookup website and…

Former NSW MP found guilty of raping child in toilet →
Daily Mail13 Nov

A jury found former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon guilty of one count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 and one count of indecently assaulting a child. The 37-year-old faced this second Supreme Court trial after a previous jury acquitted him on eight charges but failed to reach a verdict on these specific counts regarding a 13-year-old boy he met on a gay hook-up app. The reporting highlights…

Former NSW MP Rory Amon found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy in carpark toilet →
The Guardian13 Nov

A jury found former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon guilty of one count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 and indecently assaulting a child. The 37-year-old was convicted following a trial concerning his 2017 interactions with a 13-year-old boy met on an adults-only website, despite Amon's claim that he believed the boy was over 16. The report highlights how these charges ended Amon’s political…

Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy →
Times of India14 Nov

Rory Amon, a former Australian Member of Parliament, has been convicted of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy he met through a dating app in 2017. A jury found Amon guilty of sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14 and indecently assaulting a person under 16 after deliberating for four hours. The victim initially reported the incident in 2022 when he was 18, leading to Amon's arrest…

Former Australian MP found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy he met on dating app →

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Isobel Roe
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2026-11-04 · assertive framing · Journalist quizzed over 'nail in the coffin' remark at Jones trial
She said she had no contact with two other complainants, the high-profile athlete known as Complainant M and a former up-and-coming athlete known as Complainant J. Mr Jones's lawyers have argued throughout the trial that Ms McClymont is on one side of a media rivalry which was set on "destroying" Mr Jones. Clip of McClymont's interview played to court The court was played a snippet of an interview Ms McClymont conducted with Complainant C in 2023, in which he described allegations of being touched by Mr Jones in a car. "He would go the grope?" Ms McClymont can be heard asking the man.
2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Journalist denies 'profit motive' for running Alan Jones stories
She will face questions from the Crown first, about her involvement in reporting on Mr Jones's alleged conduct.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Live: Journalist Kate McClymont gives evidence in Alan Jones case
Mr Jones's trial has been delayed temporarily due to illness in the defence team, but will return on November 2.
2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Accuser tells court Alan Jones was 'generous' for many years
"You were taking advantage of Mr Jones's generosity for as long as you could," Ms O'Neill put to the woman.
2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Accuser's mother denies taking advantage of Jones's generosity
"I was in a web of dependency with Mr Jones… so a crisis would come up, and I would ask for advice."
2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Mother trapped in 'web of dependency' with Alan Jones, court hears
"I went in there [the bathroom] with a loofah, I just soaked it and scrubbed my mouth as much as I could," he said.
2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Alan Jones kiss left 17yo feeling 'violated', court told
Complainant H will continue to give evidence as the trial proceeds.
2026-09-22 · mixed framing · 'Disgusting': Complainant H alleges Alan Jones touched his bottom
"If Alan Jones was brought up in a conversation you could visibly see [Complainant M's] body language change."
2026-09-18 · assertive framing · Alan Jones trial hears of 'sharp shift' in athlete's relationship with him
"What I may not be able to give is who was sitting at my table … what direction I was facing.
2026-09-17 · mixed framing · Athlete tells court he can't get alleged Alan Jones kiss 'out of my memory'
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2026-11-04 · ABC News (AU)
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2026-11-03 · ABC News (AU)
Live: Journalist Kate McClymont gives evidence in Alan Jones case
2026-11-02 · ABC News (AU)
Accuser tells court Alan Jones was 'generous' for many years
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Topics

Liberal NSW Pittwater the NSW Supreme Court

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Amon PERSON · 3× Liberal NORP · 1× NSW GPE · 1× Pittwater GPE · 1× Rory Amon PERSON · 1× the NSW Supreme Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

The ex-member for Pittwater stood trial in the NSW Supreme Court this week on charges of indecent assault of a person under 16, and having sexual intercourse with a person between 10 and 14-years-old.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-13
2026-11-13 · ABC News (AU)
Ex-NSW Liberal MP guilty of raping 13yo boy · assertive framing

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Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of the rape and indecent assault of a 13-year-old boy in 2017, after meeting him on a dating app. asserted
Amon → find → app
The ex-member for Pittwater stood trial in the NSW Supreme Court this week on charges of indecent assault of a person under 16, and having sexual intercourse with a person between 10 and 14-years-old. asserted
member → stand → person
The court heard Amon connected with the victim on a dating app and first met him in person in July 2017, when they went into the toilet of an underground car park. asserted
they → hear → park
The jury deliberated for about four hours, and found the boy was raped and indecently assaulted at that meeting. asserted
boy → deliberate → meeting
Amon had argued he thought the boy was 17. asserted
boy → argue → ?
The matter is listed for sentence hearing later this month. asserted
matter → list → hearing
Amon remains on bail. asserted
Amon → remain → bail
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