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A real estate agent who successfully sued NSW police after his lies led to his drink-driving acquittal has been jailed for perjury.
Bernard Andrew Nash was found guilty of two perjury charges, relating to false evidence he gave when defending the charge and when suing the State of NSW.
In the NSW District Court on Friday, Judge Sarah Huggett jailed him for five years and six months with a non-parole period of three years and six months.
The 63-year-old Central Coast businessman testified to having drunk three light beers before he got behind the wheel in 2011.
Bernard Andrew Nash (pictured) has been sentenced to five years jail after lying about how many drinks he'd consumed to get out of a drink driving charge and subsequently lying again when suing the NSW police
His false evidence was supported by doctored CCTV footage from Shelly Beach Golf Club, whereas the full footage showed he drank seven full-strength schooners in a little over two hours.
The judge noted the emotional and psychological harm caused to the arresting police officer, whose honesty and integrity was particularly attacked in Nash's lawsuit.
She had no doubt Nash would have reasonably foreseen the harm his perjury would have caused to Senior Constable Michael Hicks, who has since left the force after more than 20 years' service.
The highway patrol officer had pursued Nash on October 13, 2011, when he drove the short
