Chef, 22, who worked at a four-star hotel owned by Dragons' Den star James Caan is convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy after telling him: 'I'm a paedophile who likes raping children'

  • Luke Kurylo, 22, found guilty of dry-humping a teen, leaving him traumatised
  • Court heard Kurylo told victim: 'I'm a paedophile who likes raping children'  
  • Kurylo is chef at upmarket Ston Easton Park, owned by Dragon Den's James Caan
  • Kurylo convicted of five sex assault charges during trial at Taunton Crown Court
By Katie French For Mailonline
Published: 14:04, 6 April 2017 | Updated: 17:53, 6 April 2017
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Pictured: Chef Luke Kurylo, who works at upmarket Ston Easton Park in Somerset, was found guilty of dry humping a teenager at the resort, telling him 'I'm a paedophile who likes raping children'
A chef at a luxury four-star hotel owned by Dragons' Den entrepreneur James Caan has been convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy.
Luke Kurylo, who works at upmarket Ston Easton Park in Somerset, was found guilty of dry humping a teenager at the resort, telling him 'I'm a paedophile who likes raping children'.
The 22-year-old denied the accusations and tried to pass off his actions as 'just banter'.
His defence was rejected by the jury at Taunton Crown Court.
He will be sentenced later this month.
Prosecutor Ian Dixie said the victim had been traumatised when Kurylo targeted him in 2014, putting his hand over his genitals, dry humping him and cupping his buttocks.
The victim said the chef pushed him over a bench and re-enacted sex with him.
Judge Robert Linford adjourned sentencing for a report.
Dragon's Den star James Caan snapped up Ston Easton Park near Shepton Mallet in 2012, following the collapse of hotel group Von Essen. 
The 22-bedroom hotel, a Palladian mansion turned four-star hotel in the Mendip Hills, was sold by Christie & Co to Mr Caan's private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw for a reported £3million.
Mr Caan, who moved to Britain from Pakistan when he was two, made his initial fortune from headhunting. 
Ston Easton Park was sold to Dragons' Den star James Caan in 2012 for a reported £3million
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Luke Kurylo outside of Taunton Crown Court where he was found guilty of sexual assault in a luxury hotel owned in Somerset
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Ston Easton Park was sold to Dragons' Den star James Caan (left) in 2012 for a reported £3million. Pictured right: Luke Kurylo outside Taunton Crown Court 
Luxurious: Luke Kurylo was employed as a chef at Ston Easton Park in Somerset (pictured)
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Luxurious: Luke Kurylo was employed as a chef at Ston Easton Park in Somerset (pictured)
After quitting school before taking O levels, he founded Alexander Mann in 1985 and sold it in 2002.  
The self-proclaimed 'godfather' of business started out selling leather jackets on London's Brick Lane.
Then in 2004 he started Hamilton Bradshaw - a private equity firm that focuses on business turnarounds.