FORMER Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld has been jailed for lying to court to avoid a $77 speeding fine.
NSW Supreme Court judge Bruce James said Einfeld's “deliberate premeditated perjury” was “part of a planned criminal activity”.
He sentenced him today to a total of three years' full-time jail with a non-parole period of two years.
Einfeld will be released from prison on March 19, 2011, at the earliest.
The 69-year-old, who was voted one of 100 national living treasures in 1997, becomes the first Australian judge to be sent to jail.
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