Overview

• Australia Border Force officers seized Couch’s phone at Melbourne Airport in May 2025, prompting a referral to the State Crime Command’s Sex Crime Squad.
• NSW detectives executed a search warrant at his Albury home on June 24, uncovering more than 5,000 videos and photos of child abuse material.
• He was arrested and charged with possessing child abuse material, using a carriage service to access such content, and intentionally importing prohibited tier-two goods.
• Police maintain there is no allegation that Couch harmed any of his patients.
• The 37-year-old previously practised at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney before relocating to the Gold Coast earlier this year.