(Radio NZ) An Auckland man, who as a teenager self-radicalised online and came close to a violent attack targeting non-Muslims, has been sentenced to two years and five months’ imprisonment.
The man, now 21 years old, appeared in the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday before Justice Rebecca Edwards who declined his lawyer’s request for home detention.
He continues to have interim name suppression.
At the time of the man’s arrest in September 2021, police found he had stored hundreds of videos related to ISIS and documents including the Christchurch terrorist’s manifesto.
Police also found diary entries in which he outlined his plans for a terror attack and his intent to kill multiple people in Auckland.
