IS prison head carver jailed for 29 years

(AAP) A radicalised NSW prisoner will spend decades in jail for carving an Islamic State slogan on a cellmate’s forehead after abandoning a plan to shoot police in a terrorist attack.

Bourhan Hraichie is possibly more radicalised than when he committed the “disturbing mix” of four violent crimes in 2015 and 2016, NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Johnson said on Friday.

The 22-year-old extremist provided a running commentary during the three-hour sentencing before he screamed and raised a fist when his 34-year jail term was announced.

Hraichie pleaded guilty to four offences over his long-running plan to organise a terrorist attack on Bankstown police station and causing grievous bodily harm to Michael O’Keefe with intent to murder.

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