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Courts 'will not see' humiliated rapist ex-MP again

A disgraced ex-politician who sexually abused two intoxicated men while in office would help the community if spared jail, a judge has heard.

AAP · Oct 9, 2025

Convicted rapist Gareth Ward argues he should receive lighter sentence due to ‘enormous fall from grace’

Lawyers for former Kiama MP tell court Ward has lost political career and prospective legal career, while standing in community ‘shattered’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2025

Questions over report by MP's alleged sex abuse victim

A man who claims he was sexually assaulted by an MP provided an uncertain and unreliable account of the incident, a court has been told.

AAP · Jul 21, 2025

'Most profound instance of entrapment': Aulich accuses police of 'intentional illegal conduct'

The lawyer denies conspiring with accountant Michael Papandrea to launder money purported to be the proceeds of crime.

The Canberra Times · Nov 10, 2022

Catholic abuse compo court case delayed

The start of a trial looking at compensation for victims of child sexual abuse by a Catholic brother in South Australia has been delayed.

AAP · Sep 8, 2022

Lawyer loses bid to stop change to money laundering conspiracy charge

The high-profile solicitor denies being part of a criminal conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a purportedly illegal cigarette importation.

The Canberra Times · Jun 20, 2022

Marist Brothers appointed known child abuser as principal of Melbourne school in 1980, court told

In lawsuit brought by victims, Catholic order disputes extent of its knowledge of Gregory Vincent Coffey prior to his appointment

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2022