Marcus Einfeld risks return to prison
DISGRACED former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld risks going back to jail if allegations he failed to exchange details after a car accident are proven.
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DISGRACED former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld risks going back to jail if allegations he failed to exchange details after a car accident are proven.
Details emerged yesterday of a driving incident in Sydney's CBD where a woman claimed that a man, who she believed to be Einfeld, ran into her car but refused to give his particulars because he did not think the damage was serious enough.
The 72-year-old retired judge is serving 12 months' parole after being released from jail in March. The case stemmed from a series of lies he concocted to avoid incurring demerit points on his licence after being issued with a $77 speeding ticket in 2006.
Last night police confirmed that they were investigating a "minor fail to stop accident" which involved a black-coloured Volkswagen Tiguan, registered in Einfeld's name.
The accident is alleged to have occurred outside a beauty salon on Clarence St about 4pm on June 5.
The Daily Telegraph has been told that Einfeld's car was parked in front of a black-coloured Honda Accord sedan and allegedly reversed into it, slightly damaging the front bumper.
When the owner of the Honda returned to her vehicle and saw the front-end damage, it is alleged that she asked a man if it was his car parked in front of hers.
The woman allegedly asked for the man's name and phone number but he refused to provide them. She then reported the matter to police.
An infringement notice issued to Einfeld, as the registered owner of the car, was to be served on him this week but it is understood police were unable to find him when they went to the Woollahra address his car is registered to.
If it is proven that it was Einfeld who failed to exchange details, he could have breached his parole conditions and could face going back to jail.
Under the terms of Einfeld's parole it states "the offender is to be of good behaviour and must not during the term of the order commit any offence".
The Daily Telegraph understands the Parole Board will now consider whether to issue a warrant to revoke Einfeld's parole, if he is found to have committed an offence by not exchanging details. A friend of Einfeld said he was "not contactable" yesterday.
