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Mixed verdicts for terror-accused bushfire brothers

November 8, 2023 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) A Melbourne man who admitted setting two bushfires while declaring civilians would be “tasted by the fire of Allah” has been found not guilty of attempting to commit terrorist acts. But jurors found Aran Sherani guilty of doing acts in preparation […]

Children & Teens

Fight to repatriate Aust women, kids from Syrian camp

June 16, 2023 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) A legal fight is on to repatriate eight Australian women and their 18 children from a refugee camp in Syria. The group is being detained in the country’s northeast by the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria and its defence arm, […]

Health & Medicine

Foreign fighter agrees to AFP monitoring

July 6, 2021 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) A convicted foreign fighter has agreed to be monitored 24 hours a day with a tracking device while he reintegrates into the Australian community. Adam Brookman was jailed for more than six-and-a-half years after admitting he supported Chechen fighters on the […]

Health & Medicine

Repatriated Vic nurse admits terror charge

April 14, 2021 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) An Australian father of five who travelled to the Middle East as a nurse has pleaded guilty to a terror charge after more than five years of legal arguments. Melbourne nurse Adam Brookman was repatriated to Australia in 2015 after allegedly […]

Legal

No more jail for grieving father who was ‘groomed’ by IS supporter

November 8, 2019 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) A disability pensioner won’t spend any more time behind bars after a judge accepted he was “infatuated” by an American Islamic State supporter he sent money to. Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 over several transactions to […]

Legal

Terrorist ‘disgusted’ by extremism path

October 16, 2019 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) A twice-convicted terrorist says he’s disgusted by his part in a plot to detonate bombs and behead people in Melbourne’s Federation Square three years ago. Abdullah Chaarani has told a Supreme Court pre-sentence hearing he has “realised what an idiot” he […]

Legal

‘Tinnie terror’ leader eyes 2021 release

May 3, 2019 Karen Sweeney  

(AAP) The Melbourne ringleader of a terror plot who encouraged others to join him sailing from Queensland to help overthrow the Philippines government has been jailed for up to seven years. Islamic State sympathiser Robert “Musa” Cerantonio shared his “putrid views” with […]

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