(Age) Convicted terror plotter Abdul Nacer Benbrika made contact while in prison with Islamic State fighters and people who were later jailed for terrorism offences, a court was told during an application to keep him locked up.
Benbrika has completed a 15-year jail term over a plot to bomb Melbourne’s Crown casino and the MCG but the federal government wants a Supreme Court judge to order he stay in prison for another three years out of concern that he still poses a risk to the community.
People convicted of terror offences can be kept in detention for up to three years after their sentence ends if a supreme court grants an application by the home affairs minister. Despite having finished his jail term, Benbrika remains in prison while Justice Andrew Tinney considers the government’s application.
