Maywand Osman has supervision order extended
A judge has extended a supervision order for authorities to closely monitor a university student who was once accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Sydney.
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A judge has extended a supervision order for authorities to closely monitor a university student who was once accused of plotting an Islamic State terrorist attack in Sydney.
The three year order was extended by Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison on Tuesday, despite Maywand Osman’s legal team arguing the 47 conditions were “intrusive” at an earlier hearing.
The 27-year-old has never been convicted of a terror-related offence but came to the attention of federal police in 2014 for allegedly planning to commit terror attacks in Sydney with a group of men.
Terror charges against him were later dropped but police said in the court proceedings they fear he was susceptible to extremism through his associates, including convicted terrorists he met during an unrelated stint at Goulburn Supermax.
He was released from prison in December last year, but the State applied for extended monitoring powers.
In his written judgment, Justice Harrison said: “Having regard to the evidence before me, I am satisfied to a high degree of probability that Mr Osman poses an unacceptable risk of committing a serious terrorism offence if not kept under supervision.“
He said Osman was susceptible to influence.
“...The evidence suggests that his personality and predispositions are such that he is, or at least may be, particularly vulnerable to the influences of such individuals. It is unfortunate in this regard that one such person is Mr Osman’s brother with whom he might understandably be expected to have or to want to cultivate an ongoing filial relationship.
“Subject to a settling in period, the otherwise apparently onerous and intrusive nature of the conditions is less than appears at first sight, and will in any event be likely to recede in practice over time.”
Osman will be closely supervised by an enforcement officer who will monitor who he spends time with, his internet searches and his business dealings.
The court heard Osman has cut ties with all associates, but still speaks with his jailed brother with “extreme ideologies” Milad bin Ahmad-Shah Al-Ahmadzai Milad.
He is enrolled in a commerce degree at Macquarie University.
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