A married couple has been found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl after a party at their home.
Christopher Luke Hili and Lee Kathleen Hili have pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, one count of exposing a child to an indecent act and one count of exposing a child to an indecent film.
Hili had also denied two charges of supplying cannabis to a child.
Christopher Luke Hili and Lee Kathleen Hili have pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, one count of exposing a child to an indecent act and one count of exposing a child to an indecent film.
Both were found guilty of all charges by a Queensland Supreme Court jury on Friday.
But both were found guilty of all charges by a Queensland Supreme Court jury on Friday.
Mrs Hili screamed “no” when her husband was found guilty and cried when her own guilty verdicts were read.
The court had previously heard how two 15-year-old girls had attended a party at the couple’s home on a spacious property in the Gold Coast area in December 2021.
Crown prosecutor Melissa Wilson told the court that Hili offered the girls a cannabis joint and they smoked it, causing one of them to feel unwell after also drinking alcohol.
After the sick girl vomited, she was taken downstairs to lie down.
The court heard Hili began asking the other girl “inappropriate” questions about whether she was bisexual and how old she was.
She “responded that she was only 15 and not bisexual,” Wilson told the court.
The couple was remanded in custody and will face sentencing on June 20.
They then took the girl downstairs, thinking they were taking her to see her friend, only to find themselves in the couple’s bedroom, the court heard.
The girl said in evidence that she blacked out and woke up naked and being sexually assaulted by Mr. Hili, while Ms. Hili stroked her hair.
The victim stated that she passed out once again and then woke up to find Ms. Hili sexually assaulting her while the Hilis were having sex. A pornographic film was also being shown in the room, she claimed.
Ms Hili denied sexually assaulting the girl or being present when she was sexually assaulted.
The couple was remanded in custody and will face sentencing on June 20.