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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci and Christopher Knaus

Home affairs withheld serious concerns about crime prediction tool during Benbrika case, court hears

Abdul Nacer Benbrika
A judge has expressed concerns that information which raised issues with the Vera-2R tool was withheld in the case of Abdul Nacer Benbrika. Photograph: Supplied

The Department of Home Affairs deliberately withheld information that raised serious questions about the reliability of a future crime prediction tool because it wanted to keep using it on other offenders, the Victorian supreme court has heard.

The supreme court justice Elizabeth Hollingworth is considering whether convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika should be subject to an extended supervision order while he is held in immigration detention, and the conditions of such an order.

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