Canberra, July 26 (UNI) A politician from New South Wales (NSW) has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men in Australia.
A jury found Gareth Ward – who is still a sitting member of state parliament – guilty of three counts of indecent assault and one count of rape.
Both of the victims, who were aged 18 and 24, said they were assaulted at Ward’s home after meeting the 44-year-old through political circles between 2013 and 2015, reports BBC.
Ward resigned as a state government minister and from the Liberal Party, when the accusations emerged in 2021, but refused to leave parliament and was re-elected as the member for Kiama in 2023.
Ward will return to court later this year to be sentenced.