Mustafa Dirani’s ‘extreme beliefs’ laid bare in court Lawyers have argued a man was not privy to a terrorist conspiracy unfolding in Sydney’s west despite sharing 'extreme' Islamic material.

September 28, 2022   

(NCA NewsWire) Lawyers for Mustafa Dirani have asked a jury to put his “extreme beliefs” aside in judging if he was part of a terrorist conspiracy that led to police accountant Curtis Cheng’s death.

Mr Cheng was gunned down outside the Parramatta police headquarters by radicalised 15-year-old Farhad Mohammad [Jabar] on October 2, 2015.

Mr Dirani is accused of consenting to plans to commit a terrorist attack in Australia as well as an alternative charge of helping supply the gun used to shoot Mr Cheng.

At the time of the alleged offences, Mr Dirani was 22 years old.

He pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act and supplying a firearm.

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