(23 Apr 2012) NIGHT SHOT
1. George Zimmerman exits building, gets into car, car drives away
STORYLINE:
George Zimmerman has been released without incident from a Florida county jail on 150-thousand US dollar (equivalent to 114-thousand euros) bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
The neighbourhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag around midnight on Sunday (0400 GMT Monday).
He walked out following another man and didn''t look over at photographers gathered outside.
He then followed the man into a white BMW vehicle and drove away.
Moments before, two Seminole County sheriff''s vehicles blocked access to the intake building parking lot where Zimmerman was being released.
Zimmerman emerged after two public information officers confirmed the credentials of the photographers outside.
No questions were shouted at Zimmerman, and he gave no statement.
His ultimate destination is being kept secret for his safety and it could be outside Florida.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said at a hearing on Friday that Zimmerman, who surrendered his passport, cannot have any guns and must observe a 7 pm-to-6 am curfew.
Zimmerman worked at a mortgage risk-management company at the time of the shooting and his wife is in nursing school.
A website was set up to collect donations for Zimmerman''s defence fund, but it is unclear how much has been raised.
Bail is not unheard of in second-degree murder cases, and legal experts had predicted it would be granted for Zimmerman because of his ties to the community, because he turned himself in after he was charged last week, and because he has never been convicted of a serious crime.
Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot Martin, 17, on February 26 inside the gated community where Zimmerman lived during an altercation.
Zimmerman claims he shot in self-defence.
Martin was visiting from Miami and was walking back to the home of his father''s fiancee after visiting a convenience store.
He was unarmed.
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