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

Court expected to rule next week to release convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika from prison

Abdul Nacer Benbrika
Abdul Nacer Benbrika became the first person held under a a post-sentence regime that the country’s former national security legislation watchdog said should be scrapped. Photograph: Supplied

A court is expected to rule on Tuesday next week that convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika should be released from prison and placed on a supervision order that will force him to comply with strict conditions.

Guardian Australia understands that the Victorian supreme court will find Benbrika should be released on an extended supervision order (ESO) on Tuesday, meaning that he will free for the first time since being arrested on terror charges in 2005.

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