AFTER eight months of battling weekend detention for insider trading, stockbroker Rene Rivkin has finally given up on his appeal process and will serve his jail sentence.

His family said in statement yesterday that Rivkin had completed his first uninterrupted weekend of detention, in the hospital wing of Long Bay Jail, following a decision by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal to dismiss his appeal.

“Once it was made clear that Mr Rivkin, whilst ill, would be able to serve his time under the appropriate medical supervision, thedecision was made to abandon the appearance before the NSW Parole Board,” the statement said.

Son Jordan Rivkin said his father was prepared to serve his sentence without any further delay. “My father’s health has always been, and continues to be, of major concern to the family, and was the only reason for his failure to serve more of his sentence to date,” he said.