Marcus Stanford previously served a prison sentence for assisting his brother Vincent after he killed bride-to-be school teacher Stephanie Scott in the NSW Riverina region in 2015.
The 34-year-old had sold jewellery that Vincent Stanford took from Ms Scott's body and burned her driver's licence in a 'misguided' attempt to cover up the crimes of his twin.
The Daily Mail can now reveal he is now wanted after being convicted in his absence of five offences at Armidale Local Court in northern NSW on September 27 last year.
Stanford was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, destroying or damaging property, stalking or intimidation and intimidating and hindering or resisting police.
On the same day, he was made the subject of a two-year apprehended violence order to protect a 62-year-old man and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
That 62-year-old man had been sentenced in Wagga Wagga District Court to a minimum 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to having cultivated a commercial quantity of cannabis in 2015. He was separately found not guilty of an assault.
Stanford spent 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to being an accessory to his brother Vincent's murder of Ms Scott at Leeton.
Ms Scott, a popular drama teacher at Leeton High School, was killed just days before she was due to get married.
The 26-year-old was raped and murdered by school cleaner Vincent Stanford in a classroom during the Easter long weekend on April 5, 2015.
Ms Scott had been in the school preparing material for a substitute teacher who was due to take over her classes while she was getting married and on her honeymoon.
Stanford took Ms Scott's body to nearby Cocoparra National Park where he set it alight. He was arrested four days after her murder.
Before he went into custody, Stanford had mailed an envelope containing Ms Scott's driver's licence, engagement ring and another piece of jewellery to his brother Marcus, who was living in Adelaide.
Vincent then sent Marcus a text message asking him to keep the contents of the envelope safe for him.
Marcus burnt the driver's licence and sold the jewellery for $705.
Police discovered Marcus's involvement in his brother's crimes after they intercepted phone calls between the brothers while Vincent was in prison.
The pair had discussed the items taken from Ms Scott and Marcus confirmed he had received them.
Five days after that conversation, Marcus googled how to sell jewellery in Adelaide and the items were sold within a month.
When Marcus was arrested he admitted to selling the jewellery to buy a plane ticket to see his his brother at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre in Sydney.
Marcus was released from prison in September 2016 and vowed to cut ties with his twin.
'I did things for my brother... and for most days I've been trying to put it behind me,' he told the Daily Mail in July 2019.
'Now I don't want anything to do with him. I have no contact with him and I don't want any.'
Marcus admitted helping Vincent was a despicable act, done out of 'misguided loyalty' to his brother, and apologised to Ms Scott's family.
'The day I got out [of jail] I said I was sorry... I'm still sorry,' he said.
'But does it haunt me? Yeah. Some weeks you're good, some weeks you think about it. That's how I can put it basically.'
Police appealed to the public for help locating Marcus on May 2 this year, stating he was wanted 'in relation to a warrant matter for assault related offences'.
They said he had been living at Batlow, in the South West Slopes region of NSW, and all efforts to locate him had been unsuccessful.
Marcus Stanford was described as being of Caucasian appearance, of medium build and approximately 188cm tall, with dark eyes and balding brown hair.
Police told Daily Mail this week Marcus had not been located: 'The man remains outstanding.'
Vincent Stanford is serving a life sentence.
Anyone with information about Marcus Stanford's whereabouts is urged to contact NSW Police.
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