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Ex-Liberal MP mostly cleared of child sex crimes, jury deadlocked on two
Rory Amon was acquitted on eight child-sex charges but jurors deadlocked on two counts, leaving open the possibility of a retrial, after a trial over 2017 incidents.
- On Monday, a NSW Supreme Court jury found Rory Amon not guilty on eight charges after three days of deliberation but hung on two counts related to Sydney's northern beaches car park toilet.
- The case began after chats on an adults-only hook-up app and Snapchat in mid-2017, when the complainant was 13 and Rory Amon, working for then-federal MP Jason Falinski, was 27; Amon testified he believed the teen told him he was 17.
- The defence argued Amon used a pseudonym and believed the complainant was 17, while the Crown said Amon saw the teen in photos and street lights, making age obvious.
- The deadlocked jury was discharged, and Amon remains on bail on the two unresolved charges while prosecutors consider a retrial.
- Beyond the courtroom, the case has affected the complainant, who reports long-term mental health harms including crippling depression, after Amon's charges ended his political career.
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