A former southwest Sydney school teacher has been found guilty of grooming a minor for sex following a two-week retrial.
Vasilious “Bill” Kafataris, 57, showed no emotion as a Parramatta District Court jury delivered its verdict on Wednesday, September 17, after four days of deliberation.
The offences occurred between January and April 2014. Kafataris was arrested in May 2021 when police raided his Bankstown apartment.
Jurors heard he sent explicit messages and gifts to a 15-year-old girl and maintained contact by giving her money, cigarettes, food and drinks.
Prosecutors said he had a sexual interest in teenage girls and a tendency to act on it, with witnesses providing supporting evidence.
In May last year, Kafataris pleaded guilty to separate charges of sexually touching a person aged 17–18 under his care.
He remains on bail and will return to court on September 26 for sentencing.
Source: Daily Telegraph.
