James Grose, son of well-known Adelaide arts identities, facing trial over attack on woman
The son of a prominent Adelaide arts couple is accused of attacking a woman at a northern suburbs home.
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The son of two prominent arts identities is accused of attacking a woman at an Adelaide home.
Police will allege James Grose, of Unley Park, assaulted a woman at a Salisbury Downs home in October last year.
The 43-year-old will face trial in the District Court after pleading not guilty to one count of aggravated assault causing harm and one count of unlawfully choking, suffocating or strangling a person.
He briefly appeared in court on Friday, when Judge Paul Muscat set his trial for September 2025. Grose’s father is Julian Grose and his stepmother is Stephanie Grose.
The Adelaide-based couple are well-known within arts communities across Australia, having been prolific art collectors and donators for many years.
They have gifted many pieces to Flinders University and are life members of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Contemporary Collectors philanthropic group, having donated at least $250,000 in art or cash to the cause.
The couple has also been featured in Australasian art and culture magazine Vault and are known to extensively travel throughout Australia and the world to collect artwork.
Meanwhile, Ms Grose has been a board member of the South Australian Living Artists festival and the University of South Australia’s Ann and Gordon Samstag Museum.
Her stepson faces a maximum penalty of four years in jail if found guilty of aggravated assault causing harm and a maximum seven years in prison if found guilty of the unlawful choking, suffocating or strangling charge.
The state government introduced new laws for choking, strangling or suffocating a partner or family member in January 2019.
The laws aimed to crack down on domestic violence and impose greater penalties for such offences.
More than 700 people had been charged with strangling a partner or family member in the first two years since the laws were introduced however only one per cent were found guilty.
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