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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

An autistic boy faced terror charges unprecedented for an Australian child. How did it happen?

Australian federal police badge on an officer's uniform
The AFP has declined to answer questions about the case of a 13-year-old autistic boy who was targeted in an undercover police operation and then charged with terror offences. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

The lawyer of an autistic teenage boy who was charged with terrorism offences after being targeted during an undercover police operation says “the entire saga” has had an enormous impact on the child and his family.

Last week, Guardian Australia revealed the case of a boy known as Thomas Carrick, who was charged with terror offences after his parents contacted police asking for help with the 13-year-old’s fixation on Islamic State.

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