(AAP) An accused Australian jihadi has refused to respond to a magistrate as he ordered the former rapper to stand trial for terrorism offences.
Once branded as Australia’s most-wanted alleged terrorist, Neil Christopher Prakash appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Thursday.
Wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, Prakash sat silently in the prison room and stared straight ahead as Magistrate Rohan Lawrence spoke.
“Mr Prakash, can you see and hear me?” the magistrate asked.
The accused did not respond despite doing so with his lawyers earlier.
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