High Court upholds order to keep terror plotter Benbrika behind bars

February 10, 2021   

(Age) A law allowing authorities to keep convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika behind bars at the end of his jail sentence has been upheld by Australia’s highest court.

The terror plotter was sentenced to 15 years in prison in February 2009 for his role in leading 16 other men to plot attacks on Melbourne landmarks.

After time served in custody awaiting his trial, he was due to be released from Barwon Prison on November 3 last year. However, a continuing detention order was granted in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Christmas Eve following an application by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.

This meant Benbrika was ordered to stay in prison for the maximum available period of three extra years because of his unacceptable risk to the community.

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