Overview
- Amon has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, including indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual intercourse with a child aged 10 to 14.
- Taking the stand, he said the complainant told him he was 17, claimed nothing in messages or images suggested otherwise, and said he would have cut contact if told the teen was under 16.
- The complainant, now 22, told jurors he was 13 in 2017, said he lied about his age online and believes he told Amon he was 15, with prosecutors alleging sexual activity in an underground car-park bathroom.
- Amon described moving chats from Grindr to Snapchat for privacy, said nude photos with faces obscured were exchanged, and denied ever using the subscription site Squirt.org.
- The trial before Acting Justice Robert Hulme continues Monday after the Crown closed its case, with the dispute focused on whether Amon knew the complainant’s true age.