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The Living Room co-host Barry Du Bois faces six months jail after driving charge amid his harrowing years-long cancer battle

The Living Room co-host Barry Du Bois faces six months jail after being charged for driving with a suspended license. 

The television lifestyle guru and designer, who has been battling cancer for several years, appeared before Waverly Local Court on Tuesday alongside his lawyer. 

Police allege the 63-year-old TV star was busted driving by Eastern Suburbs Highway Patrol officers about 8.30am on May 17 in the suburb of Bondi, where he lives.

Court documents state the driving charge is the first faced by the father-of-two, who is yet to enter any pleas. 

If convicted, the TV presenter and Cancer Council of Australia ambassador faces the prospect of up to six months in jail, according to NSW traffic laws. 

The Living Room co-host Barry Du Bois faces six months jail after being charged for driving with a suspended license 

Mr Du Bois is best known for co-hosting Channel 10’s The Living Room lifestyle show for the past decade, where he hosted the show’s renovations segment.

The cast bid farewell to fans last year after signalling a year-long hiatus, with the show’s future still in doubt.

The news comes as Mr Du Bois continues to battle cancer which remerged after a decade-long battle in 2017.

The television lifestyle guru and designer, whose years-long battle with cancer drew national attention, appeared before Waverly Local Court on Tuesday alongside his lawyer

The television lifestyle guru and designer, whose years-long battle with cancer drew national attention, appeared before Waverly Local Court on Tuesday alongside his lawyer

The news comes as Mr Du Bois continues to battle cancer which remerged after a decade-long battle in 2017.  The TV star is pictured getting Chemotherapy in February 2018

The news comes as Mr Du Bois continues to battle cancer which remerged after a decade-long battle in 2017.  The TV star is pictured getting Chemotherapy in February 2018

He told the Adelaide Advertiser in March we was determined to fight the blood cancer.

‘I looked, and I’m still looking, for every advantage I can find to give me an extra second, an extra day, maybe a week, or even a month with my children and this beautiful life that I’ve been gifted,’ he said.

Mr Du Bois also made a surprise run for the Senate as an independent in the 2023 federal election.

He pulled out of the race after deciding that his ‘health and family come first’.

'I looked, and I'm still looking, for every advantage I can find to give me an extra second, an extra day, maybe a week, or even a month with my children and this beautiful life that I've been gifted,' he said. Pictured: November 2017

‘I looked, and I’m still looking, for every advantage I can find to give me an extra second, an extra day, maybe a week, or even a month with my children and this beautiful life that I’ve been gifted,’ he said. Pictured: November 2017

 

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