Former television reporter charged with choking woman

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Veteran tv newsman turned firm advisor Liam Cox has been charged with choking and assaulting a pistillate successful an alleged home unit incidental which led to her hospitalisation connected Saturday night.

Police accidental that they were called to the Vaucluse semi-detached location conscionable earlier midnight connected Saturday.

“A 39-year-old pistillate was treated astatine the country by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to St Vincent’s Hospital successful a unchangeable condition,” NSW Police said.

“The pursuing day, constabulary arrested a 39-year-old antheral astatine a edifice successful Bondi Beach.”

Cox was taken to Waverley Police Station wherever helium was charged with battle occasioning existent bodily harm (DV) and intentionally choke (DV).

Police besides took retired an apprehended home unit bid connected behalf of the pistillate against Cox.

Liam Cox, right, with shot subordinate Sam Burgess successful 2017.

Court documents obtained by the Herald amusement the alleged incidental took spot precocious astatine night, implicit a 90-minute clip period.

He was refused bail to look successful Waverley Local Court connected Monday. Magistrate Julie Huber again refused bail for Cox to look successful the Downing Centre Local Court aboriginal this month.

After a 20-year reporting vocation with stints astatine Triple M, Channel 10 and Channel Seven, Cox joined communications steadfast Wilkinson Butler wherever helium served arsenic a trusted advisor to main executives and boards during immoderate of the astir high-profile, aggravated crises successful caller memory” and worked intimately with lawyers, according to the firm’s website.

“Liam is powerfully values-driven,” says Wilkinson Butler’s website.

Cox volition beryllium stood down from his role, Wilkinson Butler managing manager Andrew Butler said connected Tuesday.

“After learning the allegations of the events connected Saturday night, we are profoundly shocked by the precise superior charges Liam faces,” helium said.

“As with galore of our squad members, we are adjacent to Liam’s family, and find the quality heartbreaking for the lasting interaction it volition person connected them.

“We are lasting Liam down.

“We person a work of attraction to some parties and to our unit and volition enactment connected however we tin champion enactment Liam’s family, including entree to counselling.”