The 37-year-old was convicted in the state’s supreme court months after a different jury failed to reach a verdict on the same charges

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A former NSW Liberal politician is facing the possibility of a significant jail term after a jury found him guilty of raping a 13-year-old boy.

The former MP Rory Amon was found guilty by a jury, after about four hours of deliberation on Friday, of one count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 and indecently assaulting a child.

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