‘Unacceptable risk’: Terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika will stay jailed despite finishing sentence A convicted terrorist who plotted terrifying attacks on major Aussie targets will not be let out of jail despite finishing his sentence.

December 24, 2020   

(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist will stay behind bars despite finishing his sentence after a judge agreed he was an “unacceptable risk” to the community.

Victorian Supreme Court Justice Andrew Tinney ruled on Christmas Eve that Abdul Nacer Benbrika will spend a further three years in prison, granting an application by the Department of Home Affairs.

Benbrika was arrested in 2005 and later convicted of being the leader of a Melbourne terrorist cell plotting attacks on major targets in Australia’s biggest cities.

The 60-year-old was due to be released in November after spending 15 years behind bars, but the Department of Home Affairs applied to the court to keep him locked up for another three.

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