Trayvon Martin’s shooter George Zimmerman — who had been arrested and freed on bail only to be sent back to jail when it was revealed that he appeared to conspire with his wife Shelley to conceal a massive flood of PayPal donations that would have affected his bail amount — has again been granted bail in the amount of $1 million in a second bail hearing after his return to jail.

George Zimmerman and wife Shelley had been accused of some serious lies of omission when Zimmerman was called back to court by Judge Kenneth Lester five weeks after he had been bailed out the first time. But Lester did not ignore the issues, in fact acknowledging that he believed Zimmerman had been running game on the court — despite granting the defendant bail a second time, allowing him to walk free.

In court documents, Lester wrote:

“By any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system. It appears to this court that the defendant is manipulating the system for his own benefit… Notably, together with the passport, the money only had to be hidden for a short time for him to leave the country if the defendant made a quick decision to flee.”

The judge continued:

“It is entirely reasonable for this court to find that, but for the requirement that he be placed on electronic monitoring, the defendant and his wife would have fled the United States with at least $130,000 of other people’s money.”

In addition to the six-figure bail decision, Lester also imposed a 6AM to 6PM curfew, barred Zimmerman from opening another bank account and ordered GPS monitoring of the suspect until his trial.

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George Zimmerman is headed back to the pokey after a second bail hearing, one that did not result in a decision on the case.

George Zimmerman — the self-appointed neighborhood watchman who sparked off a firestorm of racial bickering in the US when he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in April and walked free for nearly six weeks before an arrest was made — was initially granted bail and freed following a hearing, but his own attempts to conceal both a large amount of money and a second passport prompted a judge to rescind his bond and order Zimmerman back to jail pending further hearings.

A second bond hearing today in George Zimmerman’s case focused on what prosecutors say was bald-faced deception on the part of Zimmerman and his wife after a phone call — largely spoken in coded references to the defendant’s PayPal account, which received a massive flood of donations prior to and following Zimmerman’s arrest — implicated the pair as having concealed funds.

Lawyer for Zimmerman Mark O’Mara said the subterfuge was “not the grand conspiracy the state seems to suggest,” but prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda countered:

“It was done to hide the money so they could deceive the court, lie to the court. Mrs. Zimmerman lied to the court and this defendant just sat there and let it happen.”

Much of the hearing also focused on injuries to George Zimmerman during the alleged scuffle with Trayvon Martin prior to the killing, and Zimmerman’s father again testified, saying the frantic screams heard on a 911 call belonged to his son and not the victim. Ultimately, a judge decided that further evidence must be reviewed before he allows George Zimmerman to be freed again on bail.

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