(Age) Terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika will remain in prison after a Victorian Supreme Court judge extended his detention order but said Benbrika had made progress towards deradicalisation while in prison.
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth on Thursday extended Benbrika’s detention order, which keeps him in prison despite the fact he completed his 15-year sentence in November 2020.
Justice Hollingworth said during a hearing in the Supreme Court that Benbrika still posed an unacceptable risk to the community to be freed.
“Although his initial progress was slow, and not always linear, reports from the last few years suggest that he may be beginning to change his ideology and make some progress towards deradicalisation,” she found.
