{"id":13027,"date":"2017-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/disgraced-reporter-was-attacked-following-child-porn-verdict\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T00:00:00","slug":"disgraced-reporter-was-attacked-following-child-porn-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/disgraced-reporter-was-attacked-following-child-porn-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Reporter Was Attacked Following Child Porn Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack had a cup of water mixed with spit thrown over him following a court appearance on Wednesday.<\/h3>\n<p>McCormack, 43, was convicted on child porn charges and given a $1,000 good behaviour bond for three years.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Upsetting scenes outside Downing Centre as man throws cup of water and spit at former ACA reporter Ben McCormack via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailytelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dailytelegraph<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfD9v89mgz\">pic.twitter.com\/qfD9v89mgz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Emma Partridge (@em_partridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/em_partridge\/status\/938226190258597888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cThat happened to me when I was a f***ing kid,\u201d the man who threw the liquid shouted after the incident.<\/h3>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<h3>He briefly spoke to reporters, then fled when he was informed he had just committed a crime.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The man has just made a hasty retreat after he was confronted by the media for throwing a cup full of his own spit at Ben McCormack. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PdQoAvDJ37\">pic.twitter.com\/PdQoAvDJ37<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rhian Deutrom (@Rhi_lani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rhi_lani\/status\/938215444300775424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack had a cup of water mixed with spit thrown over him following a court appearance on Wednesday. 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