Gary Brabham convicted on rape charge

Former racer and the son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Sir Jack Brabham, Gary Brabham has been found guilty of raping a six-year-old girl in Australia.

Brabham, who won the 1989 British Formula 3000 championship before failing to qualify for a pair of F1 races in 1990 with Life (picture), was convicted in a court in Brisbane on Friday. The 54-year-old was found guilty on one count of rape and one count of indecent treatment of a girl under six, for offenses that occurred between 2003 and '07.

He was found not guilty of five other charges of indecent treatment, following proceedings that started when the girl told her mother, who then reported it to police, in October 2013.

The 1988 British Formula 3 runner-up, Brabham won the Sebring 12 Hours in 1991 and made a pair of Indycar starts on the Gold Coast before retiring in '95.

He was remanded in custody and is set to be sentenced next month.

Originally on Autosport.com