Disgraced former Kiama MP Gareth Ward has confirmed plans to appeal a jury's guilty verdict on his charges of sexual intercourse without consent and three counts of indecent assault.

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A jury convicted 44-year-old Ward of the charges in July following a nine-week trial in the NSW District Court , before he was jailed for five years and nine months , with a minimum of three years and nine months to be served before being eligible for parole.

However, Ward released a statement on the same day Judge Kara Shead handed down the sentence, saying he

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