Articles by Lane Sainty

Legal

Terror plotter spoke of ‘recipes’ for bombs in veiled messages, court hears A man who admitted to planning a violent terrorist act used code words to talk about explosives in messages with fellow extremists.

September 27, 2021   

(NCA NewsWire) A man who admitted to plotting a violent terror attack spoke of “recipes” and “cooking class” in veiled references to making bombs in messages with a fellow extremist. Sydney man Nowroz Amin was asked to explain his past words at […]

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Curtis Cheng gun supplier has sentence reduced over Islamic State ‘joke’ about beard A man involved in an execution outside NSW’s police HQ has had his sentence reduced after arguing a comment about Islamic State was just a joke.

September 18, 2020   

(NCA NewsWire) A man involved in the shock execution of police accountant Curtis Cheng has had his sentence reduced after arguing he was joking when he stroked his chin and told a constable, “My beard is for ISIS.” Talal Alameddine pleaded guilty […]