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High Court to consider extended detention of terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika after his sentence
Notorious convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika will face a key High Court challenge today as the Federal Government battles to extend his detention beyond the end of his sentence.
Key points:
- Abdul Nacer Benbrika has served his 15-year sentence for terrorism but remains in detention
- The High Court will decide whether the Commonwealth can keep him behind bars
- Benrika’s Australian citizenship has been revoked, meaning he may end up in immigration detention
Benbrika was the “guiding light” for a group of 16 men in Melbourne and Sydney who were later arrested under the police operation Pendennis in 2005.
During his trial, it was alleged that the men had planned attacks on several high-profile places and events, and had even discussed…
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