Convicted Terrorist Walks Free From Australian Prison After Nearly 20 Years in Jail

Published on December 19, 2023

Algeria-born convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been released from prison under more than 30 strict conditions, after a push to keep him behind bars due to community safety risk was abandoned. Mr. Benbrika, who appeared in court via video link, spent nearly two decades behind bars after being convicted over plots to attack the MCG during the 2005 AFL grand final, and Melbourne’s Crown Casino. A former Muslim cleric, Mr. Benbrika was released on Dec. 19 after Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth ruled in the Victorian Supreme Court he would be subject to strict supervision and a curfew for one year. Mr. Benbrika, aged in his 60s, was spotted being driven out of Barwon prison in the back seat of a dark-coloured ute....

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