2024-07-08
Sex offending taxi driver Shorten convicted of raping seven-year-old girl
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Shorten was convicted of two counts of rape and one of anal rape by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last month and is due to be sentenced in relation to these charges later this month. Three days later on July 22, Shorten is due to be sentenced in relation to the three taxi rape offences.; Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo adjourned this case for finalisaton on July 19.