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. Prosecutors told the court that they began kissing before Amon placed the boy's hand on his penis through his tracksuit pants, then pulled down his own clothing and made the teenager perform oral sex.Amon did not dispute that sexual activity took place but maintained that he believed the boy was 17. The complainant said he had told Amon he was 15, although he was actually 13.The teenager told the court he had been lonely when he connected with Amon and was hoping to find a romantic…