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***PIXELATED FOR ONLINE*** A photo of the Khayat brothers doing the Shahada gesture - which is used by ISIS - by the river a year before their arrest (from left) Mahmoud and Khaled Khayat and nephew (Mohammed). Supplied to journalist Perry Duffin

Disturbing happy snap of terrorist brothers

A disturbing happy snap of two would-be terrorist brothers, who failed to bring down a Sydney flight with a homemade bomb, shows them smiling at a family barbecue while performing a religious salute popular among ISIS fanatics.

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How inmates plotted Shawshank-style prison break

A trio of violent inmates schemed together in a daring escape plan at Victoria’s biggest maximum security prison, before it was foiled by officers who made the shock discovery. Here’s how the Shawshank Redemption-inspired jailbreak plot unfolded.

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Chardon and Foster jailhouse diaries

‘When he lies he taps left foot’

Secret diary entries recorded the ‘massive mood swings’ and strange behaviour of John Chardon as he sat in jail awaiting trial over the death of his wife Novy. This is what they say.

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