NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon quits parliament after being charged with 10 child sexual assault offences
by Tory Shepherd and Kate Lyons from World news | The Guardian on (#6QBNY)
Police allege a teenage boy was sexually assaulted in Mona Vale in mid-2017
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The New South Wales Liberal MP Rory Amon has been charged with 10 child sexual assault offences against a teenage boy after an investigation into an alleged assault on Sydney's northern beaches.
Amon, the member for Pittwater, was arrested on Friday morning. He said in a statement he denied all the charges and was resigning from state parliament. He also resigned from the Liberal party.
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