Daniel Lewkovitz: Former Wentworth candidate appeals intentional choking conviction

A former federal political candidate and security expert from Sydney’s east is set to appeal his conviction for intentionally choking someone.

Daniel Gideon Lewkovitz leaving Waverley Local Court on August 15, 2024. Picture: Aymon Bertah

A former federal political and a Sydney religious organisation’s committee member is set to appeal his conviction for choking someone.

Calamity Monitoring CEO Daniel Gideon Lewkovitz, 49, was convicted of intentionally choking a person without consent on December 3 last year in Waverley Local Court after a defended hearing before Magistrate Michael Barko.

Mr Barko sentenced the former federal Wentworth Liberal Democrat candidate to a 12-month community corrections order.

An alternative charge of common assault was withdrawn and dismissed.

Lewkovitz is now set to appeal the court’s decision.

Daniel Lewkovitz ran for Wentworth as a Liberal Democrat in 2022. Picture: File

The 49-year-old’s appeal hearing is set to occur at Sydney District Court on July 2 before Judge John Pickering.

The appeal comes after the court found Lewkovitz did choke someone close to him.

Along with a brief stint at federal politics in 2022 – where he garnered just 1.5 per cent of the Wentworth electorate vote – Lewkovitz was also listed as a committee member for the Australian Jewish Association, a community organisation led by Dr David Adler in support of “centre-right, conservative Australian values”.

He is no longer a member.

The organisation specifies its advocacy for policies advancing “individual liberty, economic freedom, limited government, a strong national defence, and the primacy of Australian law”.

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