Former sports coach found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl 

Defendent, who was 62 when the offences occurred, denied the crimes, describing the evidence as 'fantasies' and 'insane'

Jury reached unanimous guilty verdicts on three counts of rape, two of oral rape, one of sexual assault and one count of exploitation of a child for the purpose of sexual activity. Picture: Dan Linehan

A 14-year-old girl told of being raped by her 62-year-old sports coach after he promised to help her as long as she kept him happy, in a trial where he completely denied the crimes saying: “I was never in the carpark with that lady and I never had a sexual encounter with her.” 

He described the evidence variously as "fantasies" and "insane", but a jury of six men and five women — one woman was discharged from the jury during the trial — took 11 hours and 55 minutes to reach unanimous guilty verdicts on Wednesday afternoon on three counts of rape, one of oral rape, two of sexual assault, and one count of exploitation of a child for the purpose of sexual activity.