A judge has revoked bail for the Florida watch captain charged with killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, and ordered him back to jail for misleading the court about his finances.
Prosecutors had filed a motion urging the bond to be revoked and accusing George Zimmerman of deceiving the court about his access to an Internet fundraising account and about holding a second passport, obtained two weeks after the 26 February shooting.
Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester agreed with the request and revoked the bail for Zimmerman, who was not in court at the time. He said the guard had engaged in a "material falsehood" about his finances in the run-up to his April bail hearing, MSNBC television reported.
Zimmerman faces second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. The case set off a wave of protests because police initially refused to take legal action against Zimmerman, 28, accepting his assertion that he shot the 17-year-old teenager in self-defence.
Following a wave of protests, Zimmerman was arrested April 11 and released on bail 23 April. He has since been living at an undisclosed location, amid preliminary hearings and a continuing state investigation.
