An appeal court has found a sentence condemning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist to live out his 20s, 30s and 40s in jail may be severe and stern but not unreasonable
An appeal court has found a sentence condemning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist to live out his 20s, 30s and 40s in jail may be severe and stern but not unreasonable
4 October 2019
Raban Alou, 22, sourced the loaded gun used by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar to kill New South Wales Police accountant Curtis Cheng outside the force's state headquarters in Parramatta in October 2015.
He appealed his sentence of 44 years with a minimum of 33 years on nine grounds, including that the jail term was manifestly excessive and his youth was not properly taken into account.
Alou told the Court of Criminal Appeal in June he had changed in NSW's supermax prison, no longer supported IS and would support al-Qaeda only if he did see something good in them.
Chief Justice Tom Bathurst rejected the appeal entirely.
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