Serbian tennis star was allowed to leave the quarantine hotel for the duration of his deportation hearing proceedings
Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis player who was detained in Australia last week for failing to provide evidence of Covid-19 vaccination, has been allowed to briefly leave detention to watch his court hearing.
Judge Anthony Kelly gave Novak permission on Sunday to leave the Park Hotel quarantine facility, where he had been held since his detention of January 5, to view his hearing from an unspecified location.
The judge ruled that Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews must “bring the applicant to premises as specified by the applicant’s solicitors” on Monday for the hearing and “permit him to remain there until the conclusion of each hearing and to secure his safe return to detention upon the conclusion of each hearing.”
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It is currently unknown as to where Djokovic is watching the hearing from and the tennis star will be returned to the quarantine facility once the hearing is over.
Big media scrum outside the park hotel where #Djokovic *might* come out soon. pic.twitter.com/GTYoeykl44
— Cait Kelly (@cait__kelly) January 10, 2022