(NCA NewsWire) A man involved in the shock execution of police accountant Curtis Cheng has had his sentence reduced after arguing he was joking when he stroked his chin and told a constable, “My beard is for ISIS.”
Talal Alameddine pleaded guilty to supplying a Smith and Wesson revolver that was passed on to 15-year-old Islamic State supporter Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, who used the gun to kill Mr Cheng as he exited NSW Police headquarters in October 2015.
He also pleaded guilty to recklessly possessing a gun connected to a terrorist act.
Alameddine will now be eligible for parole in 2026 after his sentence was docked by three years and eight months in a split decision handed down by the Court of Appeal on Friday.
