Aran Sherani: ISIS hopeful in prison ‘isolation’ over radicalisation fears, court told A convicted terrorist who once planned to join Islamic State has been removed from the general prison population because of concerns he was radicalising others, a court has been told.

July 9, 2024   

(NCA NewsWire) A man who made videos lighting fires and pledging himself to Islamic State has been placed in isolation in prison after authorities alleged he was radicalising other inmates.

Aran Sherani, 22, was found guilty of doing acts in preparation for a terrorist attack at trial late last year. Prior to the trial he pleaded guilty to a charge of being a member of a terrorist organisation.

Sherani returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday for a presentence hearing, where he took the stand to tell Justice Amanda Fox he no longer adhered to Islamic State ideology.

“I distance myself from them completely. I oppose them philosophically and in every way,” he said.

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