Terror suspect Saney Aweys says he's 'victimised' in prison

A MAN accused of planning a terror attack on the Holsworthy Army Base in Sydney and rejoicing over the loss of life in the Victorian bushfires has claimed he is being victimised by prison officers.

A MAN accused of planning a terror attack on the Holsworthy Army Base in Sydney and rejoicing over the loss of life in the Victorian bushfires has claimed he is being victimised by prison officers.

Lawyers acting for Saney Aweys told Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday, during his second unsuccessful bail application, that the 26-year-old had put in a formal complaint to the governor of the Melbourne Remand Centre over his treatment.

The lawyers allege prison officers had made disparaging remarks about Mr Aweys following the recent media coverage of his bushfire comments, which were caught on secret police telephone intercepts. They were also alleged to have threatened to restrict his privileges and stop him from seeing his wife.

Mr Aweys' defence counsel, Tony Kelly, told the court: "He is not only copping it from prisoners . . . he is also copping it from the prisoner officers."

Mr Aweys has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to plan a terrorist attack on the Holsworthy army base as well as helping send people to Somalia to fight with al-Shabaab -- a proscribed terrorist group.

Prosecutors allege Mr Aweys, with four others, planned to arm themselves with guns and walk into the base in Sydney's southwest and kill as many soldiers as possible in a suicide mission.

Transcripts of Australian Federal Police telephone intercepts tendered to the court last week revealed Mr Aweys praising Allah for coming down on the "filthy people" of Australia through the Victorian bushfires, the global financial crisis and the drought.