Convicted rapist quits Australian parliament after losing bid to stay (www.bbc.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 10:41
https://lemmy.world/post/34133165

An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.

Gareth Ward, 44, was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing.

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DarkCloud@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 11:19 next collapse

“But he seemed so nice and normal” - said no one.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 08 Aug 11:37 next collapse

idk he’s loud and hates the same things I do so let’s elect him president

-my countrymen, I guess

tacosanonymous@mander.xyz on 08 Aug 11:56 collapse

No, this guy did it twice and was convicted.

Your countrymen like people who do it repeatedly for half a century and get away with it.

Also, it was guy on guy and your country is homophobic af.

lars@lemmy.sdf.org on 09 Aug 15:04 collapse

It’s wild that even in new fascism, Milo, Caitlyn, and other fasc-happy LGBTQIAs aren’t welcome.

palordrolap@fedia.io on 08 Aug 13:50 collapse

Permit me to repeat what I said the last time this reprobate's picture was posted:

Which ventriloquist did this nightmare escape from?

frunch@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 12:04 next collapse

That guy’s 44 going on 67. Wtf? Did he exchange his youth for a position in politics? I’m very happy to see this fucker was kicked out. What an unmitigated shithead

Luouth@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 12:52 collapse

He looks like he drips with slime rather than sweat

Tired@slrpnk.net on 08 Aug 13:00 collapse

And smells like gammon

huquad@lemmy.ml on 08 Aug 13:28 next collapse

Come to America. we’ll give you a cabinet position. \s

Tja@programming.dev on 08 Aug 16:27 collapse

Why the s? He could claim white genocide or something like that and he would get a cushy job for sure. Maybe not cabinet, but high level something, or fox news host.

UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 13:40 next collapse

That dude looks like a pervert. His face is why you should tell your kids to stay away from. Probably has a windowless van.

SuperEars@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 18:07 next collapse

I clicked on the link just to get a better look at that fucking face

lars@lemmy.sdf.org on 09 Aug 15:06 collapse

There’s plenty of creepers who are hot. And vice versa. I encourage folks to avoid judging others by features they were born with.

krashmo@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 14:53 next collapse

This headline is a really roundabout way to say “kicked out”. He was kicked out of parliament.

HubertManne@piefed.social on 08 Aug 16:34 collapse

I know people hate it when us people want to usafy things but the presidency travels the world so it gets really confusing when you use his title when talking about other people.