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.

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…