The Gold Coast Bulletin

FRAUDSTER MEHAJER OUT OF PRISON

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DISGRACED Sydney businessma­n Salim Mehajer has walked free from a NSW prison after 11 months behind bars for electoral fraud.

The former Auburn deputy mayor, who shot to fame after his lavish wedding, bizarre media appearance­s and frequent brushes with the law, was released from Cooma Correction­al Centre yesterday.

Mehajer made no comment to media and left in a black car that was carrying a television crew from 60 Minutes.

“We have been in talks with Salim Mehajer to tell his story for the past year,” a Nine spokeswoma­n said. “We are not paying him a fee, there is no money involved.”

Mehajer was found guilty in April 2018 of being part of a 2012 electoral fraud plot that helped put him on Auburn City Council.

 ?? Picture: AAP IMAGE ?? Salim Mehajer leaves Cooma Correction­al Centre in Cooma yesterday.
Picture: AAP IMAGE Salim Mehajer leaves Cooma Correction­al Centre in Cooma yesterday.

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