06:58 EDT, 28 January 2021 Disgraced former politician Salim Mehajer has embarrassed himself in court while making a last ditch bail application. The 34-year-old one-time deputy mayor of Auburn in Sydney's west has been held in custody after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice. He spent Christmas and New Year in jail after his bail was revoked in November, and is still awaiting sentencing. On Thursday, Mehajer represented himself in the New South Wales Supreme Court as he made a final plea to be granted bail. The court heard Mehajer had prepared a 35-page handwritten submission which he was relying upon as evidence.