Lawyer: Zimmerman bond hearing weeks away

The neighborhood watch volunteer accused of shooting dead an unarmed black teenager in the US state of Florida will not get a new bond hearing for a couple of weeks, his lawyer said Tuesday. George Zimmerman, 28, faces second degree murder charges over the death of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was headed home from a late-night run to a convenience store in Sanford, Florida when Zimmerman shot him after a confrontation. The racially-charged case caused an uproar in the United States, mainly over authorities' initial reluctance to press charges against Zimmerman, who insists that he acted in self-defense in the February 26 incident. A judge on Friday revoked Zimmerman's bail and ordered him to return to jail after prosecutors argued he had misled the court about having no money, despite tens of thousands of dollars sitting in online fundraising accounts. Zimmerman, who is Peruvian-American, turned himself in shortly before a 48-hour deadline to surrender expired. On Tuesday, his lawyer Mark O'Mara said the defense had decided to delay filing a motion for a second bond hearing. "A hearing will not be scheduled for a couple of weeks, and we will file a the motion well in advance of the hearing," he said. O'Mara has said his client acknowledges that he allowed his financial situation to be misstated in court. "Certainly there is a credibility question that now needs to be rehabilitated... We'll address it," O'Mara said on Monday. The judge in April set Zimmerman's bond at $150,000, but prosecutors say that figure relied on "false representations and statements" by the defendant and his wife. Zimmerman's wife testified at the time that the couple had no assets or income to put toward a bond. The suspect's father said he was prepared to take out a second mortgage on his house to help raise the money. Zimmerman's return to jail on Sunday represents just the latest twist in the case, which prompted protests in several US cities and comments from President Barack Obama, who said if he'd had a son, he would have looked like Martin. Prosecutors say Martin was simply "minding his own business" when he was accosted and shot dead by Zimmerman after buying an iced tea and some Skittles candy from a local store. Zimmerman told police he had been tracking Martin whom he had viewed as suspicious, but shot and killed the teen purely in self-defense after being assaulted by him. Police later released photos showing a bloody gash on the back of the guard's head.