Edward Cameron, Justin Hemmes’ half-brother, fined for Bondi crash
- Justin Hemmes’ half-brother fined
- Edward Cameron involved in accident
The love child of the late hotel magnate John Hemmes has been fined after admitting causing a crash in an iconic Sydney suburb that left a man hospitalized.
Edward Cameron was sentenced at Waverley Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
Another charge of refusing to yield to another vehicle was withdrawn.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Cameron was driving a gray Subaru Outback through Bondi on the morning of November 11 when he failed to give way to a motorcyclist.
Cameron hit a black scooter as he crossed the intersection, causing the vehicle and its driver to fall onto the road.
Edward Cameron was sentenced at Waverley Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
The victim fractured his wrist and suffered a 10cm abrasion during the collision.
He was taken to St. Vincent Hospital, where he underwent surgery to insert metal pins into his left wrist.
According to the admitted facts, the victim was driving at 30 km/h when he was hit by Cameron, who was blindly crossing the intersection at 10 km/h.
At the time of the collision, the 33-year-old man had a P plate.
Police said Cameron was “adamant” that he was not at fault for the crash and told them the victim had been speeding.
However, Cameron was contradicted by eyewitness accounts and a police assessment of the intersection’s layout.
On Tuesday, Cameron was found guilty and fined $750 and banned from driving for 12 months.
Justin Hemmes (pictured, with his partner Madeline Holtznagel) is the half-brother of Edward Cameron
According to his LinkedIn, the Bondi Beach resident is a product designer and ran for state office as a candidate for the Animal Justice Party.
He made headlines last decade during a bitter legal battle following the death of his father, John Hemmes, who refused to have a relationship with his son due to doubts about his paternity.
Mr Hemmes was 83 when he died of cancer in 2015 and left millions of dollars to his children Justin and Bettina.
Cameron took the family to the NSW Supreme Court in a bid to ratify his position in the family and was awarded $1.75 million after a paternity test proved the relationship.
Documents presented to the court in 2018 revealed that John Hemmes had a relationship with Fiona Cameron from 1983 to late 1989, and that their son was born months later.
His other son, Justin Hemmes, runs the successful hospitality company Merivale, which has more than 50 bars and restaurants on the east coast.
