(NCA NewsWire) Convicted terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika will be banned from the MCG for life after he was released from prison days before the Boxing Day cricket test.
The notorious Muslim cleric walked free from Barwon Prison on Tuesday after serving a 15-year sentence for terror offences, which included a plot to attack the MCG on AFL grand final day in 2005.
MCC chief executive Stuart Fox said Benbrika “won’t be permitted in the stadium” if he tried to enter.
The 63-year-old is permitted to live in the community under the strict conditions of an external supervision order after the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled he could be “sufficiently managed” without a continuing detention order.
