The teenage son of a Covid-denying Sydney businessman who plunged Byron Bay into a snap lockdown has been charged with a series of offences after allegedly joining his father on an illegal trip to the tourist town.
Zoran Radovanovic, 52, is battling Covid-19 in Lismore Hospital after he left a trail of potential contagion throughout Australia's hottest beachside town in northern NSW.
The businessman, from Rose Bay in Sydney's eastern suburbs, has been charged with breaching public health orders by ignoring lockdown to drive north for eight hours to the sun-drenched hippie hangout.
His son Kristian, 19, has now also been charged with a health order breach and ordered to face court after allegedly joining his father on the illegal 750km journey.
This is the mysterious Sydneysider Zoran Radovanovic charged by police after he sent Byron Bay into a snap lockdown when he drove there with his kids while infected with coronavirus
Police allege the 19-year-old flouted lockdown rules by leaving Sydney and then refusing to wear a face mask or follow QR code check-in procedures while in Byron Bay.
He is due to face Byron Bay Local Court on September 27.
The charges were issued as details of his father's shady past including drugs and theft convictions also started to emerge - and how he was lucky to even be in Australia.
The 52-year-old reportedly claimed he was legally inspecting a property in the northern NSW town - but police allege he did not have a 'reasonable excuse' to leave Sydney.
The rare picture of father-of-two Radovanovic - seen here on a SeaDoo eight years ago with his son Kristian, now 19 - is the first glimpse of the alleged Covid-denier superspreader.
There are now 14 different Covid hotspots in Byron and the surrounding areas in the wake of his trip - which involved him allegedly using fake details to check in.
The area is now two days into a seven day lockdown as health officials battle to stem the spread of the virus before it takes hold. Radovanovic is refusing to co-operate with police as he fights the virus in hospital.
Son Kristin has the virus and is in isolation, while his ex-wife is in a Sydney hospital also being treaded for Covid.
The former 'aimless' part-time plastics worker sold this home in Forestville in 2020 for $2.25 million before moving to Rose Bay in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs
He was almost thrown out the country 22 years
