(Radio NZ) An Auckland man who was radicalised online and came close to a violent attack on the public has been granted permanent name suppression.
The man was sentenced to two years and five months’ jail in March in the High Court at Auckland.
At the time of his arrest in September 2021 — a week after the Lynn Mall attack in Auckland — police found hundreds of videos related to the extremist Islamic State group (ISIS) and documents including the Christchurch terrorist’s manifesto.
Officers also found diary entries in which he outlined plans for a terror attack and apparent intentions to kill people.
On the eve of his trial last November, the defendant admitted threatening to kill, two charges of distributing objectionable publications and six counts of possessing objectionable material.
