The State of NSW has applied to keep tabs on notorious rapist who has spent the majority of his adult life in prison after being convicted of a series of sexual offences dating back to 1989.
From an education at one of Sydney’s most prestigious schools and a job at Rio Tinto, Bennet Schwartz found himself inside Silverwater jail charged with importing commercial amounts of cocaine – twice.
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.