Political staffer says he still respected Gareth Ward professionally after alleged 2015 rape
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6XQ0R)
Four years after alleged assault, staffer wrote to Kiama MP in 2019 stating your friendship means the world to me', Sydney court hears
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A political staffer has told a Sydney court he embellished a glowing email he wrote to a state MP who allegedly sexually assaulted him years earlier.
The Kiama MP, Gareth Ward, 44, is on trial in the New South Wales district court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and indecent assault charges.
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