AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2008
Vic: Benbrika brain abnormality delays sentencing
MELBOURNE, Dec 17 AAP - The sentencing of seven terror suspects has been delayed after
tests showed Australia's first convicted terror group leader has a brain abnormality.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 48, was found guilty in September of leading a terror cell that
discussed blowing up the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Victorian Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that Benbrika had undergone a brain
scan which showed an abnormality.
Benbrika's lawyer Remy van de Wiel QC said he anticipated Benbrika would be seen by
a neuropsychiatrist within a week.
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