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

Former Australian MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy he met through a dating app in 2017, following a retrial at the New South Wales Supreme Court.A 12-member jury returned its verdict on Friday after deliberating for about four hours.

Amon, 37, was convicted of sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14 and indecently assaulting a person under 16.The court heard that Amon connected with the boy through an adult dating app before moving their conversations to Snapchat, where they exchanged messages and explicit photographs.

They arranged to meet in July 2017, with the teenager telling his parents he was going for a run.The pair met outside the boy's apartment block and walked through a communal courtyard into an underground car park toilet.