(NCA NewsWire) A man accused of conspiring with others in the lead-up to the shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng faced trial before the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Mustafa Dirani is alleged to have been one of those who assisted 15-year-old schoolboy Farhad Mohammad [Jabar] in obtaining the gun he used to shoot Mr Cheng dead outside Parramatta police station on October 2, 2015.
During opening remarks of the trial, crown prosecutor David Staehli SC told the jury that Mr Dirani was a supporter of “violent jihad” and “the killing of non-believers.”
The court was told Mr Dirani attended a series of meetings during which alleged co-conspirator Raban Alou received a Smith and Wesson revolver from another alleged co-conspirator Talal Alameddine on the day of the shooting.
