Fugitive conman Peter Foster likely still on the Gold Coast, not Fiji, court hearing told Peter Foster sent photos of himself with Fijian newspapers. Foster also sent pictures of himself with other Fijian paraphernalia. FUGITIVE conman Peter Foster is probably still living on or around the Gold Coast, a Federal Court judge has been told. Police have an arrest warrant for Foster, who claims he has been in Fiji since he failed to appear in the Federal Court for his October 24 sentence to three years' jail for contempt. Foster sends pics claiming he's in Fiji Family first as Foster vows he'll surrender Foster 'threat': People will go missing At a Federal Court directions hearing about Foster's recent appeal against his sentence, Justice John Dowsett yesterday asked what had been done to find or extradite him. Barrister David Kent, for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said it was unlikely there would be a need to extradite Foster. "We are very doubtful he is anywhere other than in Australia," Mr Kent said. We are very doubtful he is anywhere other than the Gold Coast or its environs. Foster recently sent pictures to authorities of himself brandishing Fijian newspapers and other items, suggesting he had slipped the net to a Pacific Island sanctuary. At the start of the hearing Justice Dowsett questioned Foster's barrister Liam Burrow about whether Foster was at court, ready to surrender into custody. Mr Burrow said he had no instructions about that. Foster was sentenced to three years' jail, suspended after 18 months, for defying a court-ordered ban on him working in the weight-loss industry. Justice Dowsett queried whether the court could hear Foster's appeal against his sentence when he had not surrendered himself to "purge his contempt." Mr Kent, who is opposing the appeal, said there had been three fresh matters of contempt of court. They were the non-attendance of Foster at court when Justice John Logan gave reasons for finding him guilty of contempt, his failure to attend the sentence and his evasion of a new arrest warrant. Existing warrants authorised police to arrest him, Mr Kent said. Justice Dowsett said Foster would be "much better off" starting to serve his sentence if he felt he had a good appeal point to make. "What he must also take into account is that proceedings in respect of subsequent contempts are likely to go fairly badly, in terms of penalty," Justice Dowsett said. A court is yet to rule on allegations that Foster conned $6 million from 90 investors and franchisees with his weight-loss spray Sensa-Slim.