<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former senator and veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch is in hospital with an infection.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A post on Hinch's Facebook page, attributed to his executive assistant, showed a photo of Hinch propped up in bed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Hinch in hospital with infected legs after a fall. No post for awhile (sic)," it read.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/dangelo-death-grammy-winning-r-and-b-singer-michael-eugene-archer-untitled-how-does-it-feel-dies-at-51/82b694fb-bf70-4503-aab0-ef86f37c28b0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Grammy-winning R&amp;B singer who became an icon dead at 51</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hinch, 81, was elected to the federal Senate as a representative for Victoria in 2016 following a long media career.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He served until 2019, but failed in his bid for re-election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hinch has had a prolific media career, spanning print, radio, and television, and was inducted into the Australian Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/derryn-hinch-former-senator-radio-tv-personality-in-hospital/8a589638-7e53-47e8-a3c5-5a1ec45a0200" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The controversial figure has also received three criminal convictions, two of which were for breaching suppression orders, with the remaining for contempt of court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-gaza-update-missing-bodies-of-hostages-top-list-of-uncertainties-as-fragile-gaza-ceasefire-holds/0df41f8d-b2f7-49ae-b293-0c1fed4bc332" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Israel to halve Gaza aid over slow return of dead hostages</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The sentences were all related to court-suppressed revelations regarding alleged offenders, including details about the criminal history of Jill Meagher's killer Adrian Bayley.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hinch served 12 days in prison for contempt of court after revealing details of then-accused pederast and priest Michael Charles Glennon's prior conviction in 1987.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2014, he served 50 days in prison after refusing to pay a court-ordered fine regarding his revelations about Bayley.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>