Disgraced businessman Salim Mehajer charged with domestic violence offences
Salim Mehajer is facing a number of domestic violence and larceny-related charges. (AAP: Joel Carrett)
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Salim Mehajer is due to front court after being charged with domestic violence and larceny-related offences.
The disgraced businessman was released from custody 16 months ago after serving about half of a seven-year sentence for a raft of crimes.
He first shot to notoriety in 2015 over his lavish wedding while he was deputy mayor of Auburn where he closed off a street without permission.
Disgraced businessman Salim Mehajer has been charged with domestic violence offences after being arrested at a café in Sydney's west.
The 40-year-old was arrested in Wentworth Point in the city's western suburbs around lunchtime on Wednesday.
Officers from the NSW Police Domestic Violence High Risk Offender team swooped, after an investigation into an alleged domestic violence incident.
Mehajer was taken to Auburn Police Station, where he was charged with various alleged crimes.
They include domestic violence-related common assault, larceny greater than $15,000 and domestic violence-related "stalk/intimidate" and intending a person to fear physical harm.
The ABC understands the larceny charge involves the theft of $41,000 worth of jewellery.
He was refused bail and is due to front court on Thursday.
Record of offending
The arrest comes after Mehajer was released on parole in July 2025, after spending years in jail for a raft of crimes. They included convictions for fraud, assault and domestic violence offences.
"I respectfully decline to comment, sorry," he told reporters at the time when he walked out of John Morony Correctional Centre near Windsor.
He was then bundled into a black Mercedes-Benz and driven away.
A court had previously heard Mehajer spent the majority of his time in protective custody at the jail.
Mehajer spent most of his time in jail in protective custody. (ABC News: Patrick Thomas)
He was set free after the State Parole Authority handed down a decision recommending his release, assessing him as having a "medium" risk of reoffending.
He had served three years and nine months of his seven-year sentence for domestic violence and fraud offences.
Mehajer first shot to notoriety in 2015 over his lavish wedding while he was deputy mayor of Auburn.
A street in Lidcombe was shut down for the event, which featured four helicopters and a fleet of luxury sports cars and motorbikes.
He angered neighbours when he sent fake flyers via a letterbox drop, warning residents that their cars would be towed if they got in the way.
The council later fined him $220 for closing off the street without permission.
In the following years he spent periods of time behind bars for corruption, assault, fraud and domestic violence offences.
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