(NCA NewsWire) Lawyers acting for a terrorist have bemoaned “Kafkaesque” issues with dealing with the Australian government as a trial date looms on his detention.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika was jailed for 15 years in February 2009 after he was convicted on charges of being a member of, and directing the activities of, a terrorist organisation.
The case against Benbrika was that he was the “guiding light” of a Melbourne cell and planning a jihad terror act in Australia or overseas.
His trial was told he had an “enormous influence” over the young men that followed him and sought to imbue a fanatical hatred of non-Muslims.
