Duffin and Hills guilty of raping teen
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BREAKING NEWS:
Two former escort agency owners have been found guilty of raping a teenager who went on to become an underage prostitute in their stable.
A jury in the High Court at Wellington today found Gary John Duffin and Sharyn Lee Hills guilty of rape, but acquitted them on two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection which alleged oral sex with Hills. .
Duffin, 54, is the biological father of Karla Cardno, a 13-year-old Lower Hutt girl, abducted, raped and murdered in 1989.
Both were remanded in custody for sentencing on November 13, when they will also be sentenced on 10 charges of supplying cannabis to three people under the age of 18, to which they pleaded guilty partway through their trial this week.
As well as the guilty verdict on the rape charge Duffin was found guilty of two indecent assaults on thegirl aged 14 or 15.30pm.
The jury considered itsverdicts for five and a half hours, delivering them at 5.