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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Terrorist’s lawyers tell supreme court government may have conspired to pervert the course of justice

Abdul Nacer Benbrika
Abdul Nacer Benbrika in 2005. His lawyers say he was kept in detention after finishing his sentence because of the government’s failure to disclose a report. Photograph: AP

Lawyers for convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika say the Australian government may have conspired to pervert the course of justice when it did not disclose a report criticising a controversial risk assessment tool.

Dan Star KC, for Benbrika, told the Victorian supreme court on Thursday that he believed his client only continued to be held in prison after completing his sentence because of the failure to disclose the report during earlier hearings.

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