A janitor has been found guilty of molesting two sisters, one in a high school storage room, in the 1980s.
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A jury deliberated for much of Friday before returning verdicts of guilty to four indecent assault charges against the two sisters, then aged between nine and 12.
Lazo Djenadija, 75, was found to have committed three assaults on the younger sister, and one against the older.
Djenadija's supporters gasped and wept after the verdict was delivered.
Chief Justice Helen Murrell ordered a presentence report be prepared for a sentencing hearing in May.
The judge continued the defendant's bail.
Djenadija had pleaded not guilty and the allegations were tried in the ACT Supreme Court this week.
During the trial, the court heard the girls regularly visited Djenadija's Canberra home.
The younger sister was twice abused on a bed at the home, with Djenadija rubbing himself on her and making her touch his penis.
The older sister was molested by the janitor when he took her to Melrose High School after hours.
He indecently assaulted her as she sat on gym mats in a storage room.
But the court heard that Djenadija had never worked at the school.
Defence barrister Richard Thomas used the error to question the truthfulness of the elder sister's evidence.
In closing submissions, the Crown argued the mistake had no significance and was not surprising as the victim had been young, and she could have mixed up the now-closed Woden Valley High School, where Djenadija did work, with Melrose High.
Mr Thomas said Djenadija had never touched her inappropriately, questioning how the acts could possibly have occurred with other people – Djenadija's partner and daughter – at the home.
Djenadija's former girlfriend gave evidence the defendant did not own a VCR at the time, contradicting evidence that the sisters were forced to watch pornography.
Chief Justice Helen Murrell thanked the jurors for their deliberations before dismissing them from service.
