Former New South Wales Liberal minister and independent Kiama MP Gareth Ward has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually abusing two young men.
In July Ward was found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and three counts of indecent assault.
The 44-year-old appeared via audiovisual link from a Hunter correctional facility as Judge Kara Shead handed down the sentence in the Parramatta District Court.
Ward’s offending was against a 24-year-old political staffer in 2015 and an 18-year-old man in 2013.
Both men watched the proceedings via audiovisual link.
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