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Abe Maddison

Engineer cleared of terror plot 'likely autistic'

Artem Vasilyev amassed weapons out of intellectual curiosity, his lawyer has said. (HANDOUT/SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

A former Defence employee acquitted of plotting a terror attack on an electrical substation was a socially isolated introvert who was likely a high-functioning autistic person, an Adelaide court has been told.

In June, a Supreme Court jury found Artem Vasilyev, 27, not guilty of committing other acts done in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act, between July 2020 and September 2021.

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