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Miklos Bolza

Hostage-taker cleared of abuse charge due to impairment

A man cleared of terrorism due to impairment has had the same verdict over child abuse material. (Peter Rae/AAP PHOTOS)

A man acquitted of terrorism after taking hostages in a dive shop south of Sydney was experiencing a psychotic episode and did not know possessing child abuse material was wrong.

Dressed in black combat fatigues and armed with a rifle, gel blaster and fake bomb, Simon William Fleming barricaded himself in a dive shop with two employees on the outskirts of Wollongong on November 28, 2021.

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