Hey Dad! Star Robert Hughes has been found guilty of nine child sex offences.
Upon hearing the verdict, following 12 hours of deliberation by a Sydney jury, Mr Hughes screamed out “I am innocent”.
He was found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 16 and two counts of sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 years.
The jury, which has been deliberating since Thursday afternoon, were asked by Judge Peter Zahra to deliberate for another hour on two remaining charges.
Mr Hughes’ wife, celebrity agent Robyn Gardiner, was present in court and sat silently with the media in public gallery.
The 29-day trial has seen details emerge of 11 child sex offences on five separate girls during the 1980s and in 1990.
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