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Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Why a former MP accused of child sex offences breached bail - as he's released from custody
A former Liberal state MP accused of child sexual abuse has been released from police custody after his arrest for breaching bail. Rory Amon is awaiting trial after he pleaded not guilty to five charges of sexual intercourse with a person aged 10 to 14. The former NSW MP was required to report to the Day Street police station in Sydney 's CBD on Tuesday as part of his bail supervision conditions. But he was arrested about 10pm on Wednesday after attending the station one day late. The 35-year-old had simply 'forgotten' to attend, his barrister Dev Bhutani told Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday. Amon appeared on screen wearing handcuffs and a blue jumper from custody at Surry Hills police station. Prosecutors told the court they did not consider the breach serious, as Amon appeared the next day admitting fault and it was his first breach. His release was not opposed. Magistrate Daniel Covington ordered Amon to return to his previous bail conditions and be released from custody. 'Appearing the next day is not consistent with a person who is a flight risk,' the magistrate said. A stony-faced Amon walked out of the police station about 5.30pm on Wednesday, flanked by his brother and mother, as he was surrounded by waiting journalists. He refused to answer questions as to why he forgot to check in for bail. He will face a trial in February 2026 to contest accusations he abused a teenage boy before entering parliament. Amon is accused of masquerading as a 17-year-old after matching with a boy on a website in mid-2017. Prosecutors allege the boy, then 13, said he was 15 and later agreed to meet in person. Amon insisted on meeting in a private place and led the 13-year-old to a bathroom in a car park where the sexual assaults occurred on two separate occasions, prosecutors allege. At the time, Amon was a local councillor and later rose to win the safe Liberal seat of Pittwater on Sydney's northern beaches. The complainant, now aged in his 20s, alleges Amon continued to send him explicit images until he was charged in August 2024. Amon was elected to the NSW parliament in March 2023 and was the opposition spokesman on youth issues at the time of his arrest. He resigned soon after, with a subsequent by-election taking the seat out of Liberal hands for the first time in 50 years. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028
News.com.au
15-05-2025
- News.com.au
Former MP Rory Amon accused of breaching bail conditions over alleged child sex offending
Former MP Rory Amon will face court today accused of breaching his bail conditions over alleged child sex offending. NSW Police confirmed 35-year-old Amon was arrested at Day Street police station around 10pm on Wednesday. He was refused bail and will appear before the Downing Centre Local Court today. The former Liberal MP has pleaded not guilty and been committed to stand trial on five counts of having sexual intercourse with a child between the ages of 10 and 14, two counts of indecent assault of a person under 16, two counts of attempted sexual intercourse with a child between the ages of 10 and 14, and committing an act of indecency with a person under 16. He quit Parliament after being charged in relation to alleged offences in Sydney's North against a 13-year-old boy.
ABC News
15-05-2025
- ABC News
Former NSW MP Rory Amon charged with breaching bail
Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon, who has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy, has been charged with breaching his bail conditions. NSW Police said in a statement officers arrested the 35-year-old man at Day Street Police Station about 10pm on Wednesday. The former Pittwater MP in March pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, including five counts of having sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14, and is awaiting trial. Police said he was refused bail and was scheduled to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Former Liberal MP Rory Amon is ARRESTED after allegedly breaching his bail amid accusations of child sex offending
Former Liberal MP Rory Amon, accused of child sex offending, has been arrested after allegedly breaching his bail. Amon was arrested at Sydney 's Day Street police station at about 10pm on Wednesday.
