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You've seen this case everywhere. Here's why no one can name him.

On Friday, a man from a high-profile family was found guilty of raping a woman inside his Melbourne home last year.

The man had denied two counts of rape and the case was taken to trial in the Victorian County Court. However, after less than two days of deliberations, a jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts.

The jury was told the woman had consensual sex with her boyfriend in a bedroom at the offender's house. The boyfriend then organised an Uber and left the property shortly before 2am.

Prosecutors alleged the offender then lied, telling the woman her boyfriend would be returning upstairs because his Uber had been cancelled.

A short time later, prosecutors allege, the offender went to the bedroom and pretended to be the woman's boyfriend before digitally raping her twice.

The court was told that, in the days following, the man doctored an Uber receipt to allegedly make it appear that the complainant's boyfriend had left the house after 2.30am.

The man admitted forging the receipt but claimed he did so because he panicked after being falsely accused of rape.

While social media has been filled with people trying to identify the man involved, legally, we cannot.

Suppression orders have been imposed, preventing media from naming him or publishing details about his family. Media also cannot publish the victim's name or identifying details without their consent.

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Crown prosecutor Jeremy McWilliams told the jury the man had told a series of lies to try and deflect blame.

He urged the jury to ignore the man's denials and instead believe the victim, who had given clear, consistent and convincing evidence.

Defence barrister David Hallowes SC argued his client was telling the truth and the woman's mind might have been playing tricks on her.

Ultimately, the jury sided with the prosecution, prompting the man's mother to break down sobbing, while his girlfriend required medical assistance after feeling faint.

Judge Gregory Lyon said the offending was a serious example of rape, given the man's "conscious and deliberate conduct" afterwards and remanded him in custody.

He will return to the County Court on Friday for a pre-sentence hearing.

In Victoria, the maximum sentence for rape is 25 years behind bars.

— with AAP.

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