04:14 EDT, 5 February 2021
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For his last ditch bid for freedom, Salim Mehajer represented himself in front of a highly respected Supreme Court judge who has worked as a barrister in hundreds of trials and prosecuted Serbian war crimes for the United Nations.
He didn't succeed.
The disgraced former western Sydney property developer, 34, was refused bail on Friday afternoon, with Justice Mark Ierace taking less than five minutes to shut down his latest bid to be released from jail.
It was the former politician's fourth such application in a month after a court revoked his bail for charges of perverting the course of justice and making false statements under oath.