Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
A former Australian politician has been found guilty of having sexual contact with a young boy and behaving inappropriately towards him.
(Rory Amon. Photo by The Guardian)
Former Australian politician Rory Amon, 37, was found guilty on Friday of s+x¥al interco¥rse with a person aged between 10 and 14, and of indecently a§§aulting a child.
The court heard that Amon and the boy exchanged explicit pictures after meeting through an ad¥lts only website.
They met in 2017 at a car park beneath the boy's apartment block.
The boy later told a teacher, which led to a police investigation.
Amon said he believed the teenager was at least 17.
He later said he had an honest and reasonable belief that the boy was over 16.
He did not dispute that sexual activity took place.
At the time, Amon worked for federal Mackellar MP Jason Falinski.
He later served two terms on the Northern Beaches Council and then represented Pittwater in New South Wales.
He was expelled from the Liberal Party and resigned in 2023 after he was charged.
Friday's conviction came at his second Supreme Court trial.
In March, a jury acquitted him of eight other child sexual offence charges but could not reach a verdict on the two counts he was convicted of.
Amon has been granted bail and will be sentenced on November 27.
He is the third former New South Wales MP convicted of sexual offences in recent years.