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| Aussie terror trial jury needs another week |
| 2008-09-05 |
| The jury in Australia's largest terrorist trial says it will be at least a further week before it reaches its verdict. The forewoman told the trial judge, Justice Bernard Bongiorno, today that the jury was working through the 27 counts the 12 accused are facing “charge by charge”. She said the jury, which has been deliberating for 14 days, was about halfway through the charges. Asked by Justice Bongiorno how much longer jury members expected to take, the forewoman said they “hope to be finished by next weekend”. The Victorian Supreme Court jury retired to consider its verdict on August 20 and has been deliberating six days a week. Self-proclaimed sheik Adbul Nacer Benbrika and 11 other Melbourne Muslim men have pleaded not guilty to a range of terrorism charges, including being members of a terrorist organisation. The six-month trial was told the men planned to wage violent jihad in Australia, including mounting a terrorist attack on the 2005 AFL Grand Final at the MCG. |
| Posted by:ryuge |