Controversial Sydney businessman Salim Mehajer has walked free from a NSW prison after serving an 11-month jail term for electoral fraud.
The former Auburn deputy mayor, who shot to infamy after his garish wedding, bizarre media appearances and frequent brushes with the law, was released from Cooma Correctional Centre on Tuesday morning.Mehajer, who once went on national television to declare his desire to become prime minister, was found guilty in April 2018 of being part of a 2012 electoral fraud plot that helped put him on Auburn City Council.
He's still fighting allegations he staged a 2017 crash which saw his Mercedes AMG collide with another vehicle just before he was meant to appear in court over a taxi driver assault.Salim Mehajer and his lawyer Zali Burrows are seen as he leaves Cooma Correctional Centre in Cooma.NSW Police allege Mehajer nominated another person as the driver of his vehicles which had received infringement notices.
He was charged with four counts of making a false declaration and four counts of "dealing in identification information".Mehajer in early 2018 was convicted for slamming a car door on the arm of Seven Network reporter Laura Banks as he tried to leave a Sydney police station in April 2017.The disgraced property developer is due back before Cooma Local Court in July.
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