Teenager accused of Wakeley church attack on bishop charged with additional offences

(ABC-Australia) Authorities are analysing nearly 60,000 photos and videos on the phone of a teenager charged with a terror offence over the alleged stabbing of a bishop at a south-west Sydney church, a court has heard.

The 16-year-old boy was charged after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was attacked during a live-streamed service at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in mid-April.

During a mention of the case in Parramatta Children’s Court, commonwealth prosecutors sought a further six weeks to serve a brief of evidence.

They also told the magistrate that last month a further two charges had been laid.

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