Convicted Sydney terrorist Blake Nicholas Pender to walk free from jail Islamic extremist Blake Nicholas Pender, who once threatened to behead police and murder a magistrate, will be released from his Sydney jail this week. Find out when.

October 16, 2022 and   

(Daily Telegraph) A convicted terrorist who threatened to behead a cop and once declared he was “at war” with Australia will walk free from a NSW prison this week, five years after he was jailed for an Islamic State-inspired knife attack in the Sydney CBD.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal prison authorities are quietly preparing Blake Nicholas Pender for his return to the community on Tuesday after the NSW Supreme Court authorised his release from custody under an interim supervision order earlier this month.

The preliminary order will last for 28 days, giving the federal government time to petition the court for a three-year extended supervision order under Commonwealth counter-terrorism legislation.

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