Liam Murphy (2009)
Axle Whitehead
Episodes: 4804, 4838-
Spouse: Wife Chelsea
Children: Son Ash
Occupation: Musician
Liam was the performer at a concert that Annie, Jai, Geoff, Nicole and Belle attended.
He was interviewed after the concert by Belle and was pleased to realise that she was a fan of his music and complimented her. After the interview had wrapped up Liam asked if they were 'off the record' and when Belle confirmed that they were he held out a small bag of drugs and offered her some. Belle rolled in several hours later, clearly trashed after having 'a few drinks with the band'.
Henext turned up when Belle was in rehab after being admitted himself. Belle introduced herself to him and Liam remembered her, beginning a friendship. They were able to support each other through rehab with liam confiding in her about his wife leaving him and banning him from seeing his child. Belle was offered money by her editor to take pictures of Liam but refused. She later did take pictures of him with his son and asked Annie to get them developed as a surprise but the next day they ended up in the paper with a story that she was seeing Liam in rehab. Liam was furious at what he saw as her betrayal and she tried to put things right but Liam did his own digging and found that the boy at the photoshop had confessed to selling her photographs and he and Belle made friends again.
A chat with Liam convinced Belle that she was ready to head home. Within days of her release, Liam turned up in the bay to ask Belle to help him convince his wife to let him see her son. Shortly after another story appeared about Liam and Belle, causing his wife to end things and Liam to lose his recording contract. With nowhere else to go he moved in with Belle but clashed with Aden who thought he was no good for her. He later confided in Belle that his marriage was over and that he wanted a relationship with her but a reluctant Belle asked him to back off.