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Former Australian lawmaker sentenced to prison for rape and sexual abuse of two men
Gareth Ward was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for sexually abusing two intoxicated young men, with a non-parole period of three years and nine months, Judge Kara Shead said.
- A former Australian politician, Gareth Ward, has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually abusing two young men he met through work.
- Ward represented the coastal town of Kiama in the New South Wales parliament and was a minister in the Liberal Party before resigning in 2021 when the claims emerged.
- Ward was convicted of indecently assaulting an 18-year-old man in 2013 and raping a 24-year-old political staffer in 2015, despite his claims of innocence.
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