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| '''Faheem Khalid''' (Born in ] ]) |
'''Faheem Khalid Lodhi''' (Born in ] ]) is the first person in ] to be convicted of terrorist activities. | ||
| Lodhi was accused of plotting in October 2003 to bomb the national electricity grid or Sydney defence sites in the cause of violent jihad. Police raided Lodhi's Lakemba home and workplace |
Lodhi was accused of plotting in October 2003 to bomb the national electricity grid or ] defence sites in the cause of violent jihad. Police raided Lodhi's ] home and workplace, on October 26, 2003, discovering alleged evidence of a terrorist plot. | ||
| ⚫ | Lodhi was convicted of acting in preparation for a terrorist act |
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| Lodhi also was found guilty of possessing a so-called "terrorism manual" and of buying two maps of the electricity grid, connected with preparation for a terrorist act. | |||
| ⚫ | Lodhi was convicted of acting in preparation for a terrorist act, an offence carrying a maximum life sentence, by seeking information about chemicals capable of making explosives. He was also was found guilty of possessing a "terrorism manual" and of buying two maps of the electricity grid, connected with preparation for a terrorist act. | ||
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| ⚫ | The Pakistan-born Australian citizen had pleaded not guilty to four charges, denying that he planned to cause death or destruction in Australia. | ||
| ] architect Faheem Khalid Lodhi could spend the rest of his life in jail after today becoming the first person convicted of preparing for a terrorist attack on Australian soil. | |||
| Lodhi and Willie Brigitte, who was deported in October 2003 for breaching his tourist visa, |
During his trial, the court was told Lodhi and Frenchman ], who was deported in October 2003 for breaching his tourist visa, trained in Pakistan with banned terror organisation ], and had contact using mobile phones registered under false names. The court was also told Lodhi helped arrange accommodation for Brigitte when he arrived in Sydney, in May 2003. | ||
| Lodhi is due for sentence on August 23, 2006, pending changes to legislation which could affect his penalty. | |||
| Faheem Khalid Lodhi will not be sentenced until next month to allow lawyers from both sides to consider an amendment to the Crimes Act. | |||
| NSW Supreme Court Justice Anthony Whealy said he would adjourn the case until ] because the amendment may affect Lodhi's sentence. | |||
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Revision as of 04:21, 13 July 2006
Faheem Khalid Lodhi (Born in Pakistan 1970) is the first person in Australia to be convicted of terrorist activities.
Lodhi was accused of plotting in October 2003 to bomb the national electricity grid or Sydney defence sites in the cause of violent jihad. Police raided Lodhi's Lakemba home and workplace, on October 26, 2003, discovering alleged evidence of a terrorist plot.
Lodhi was convicted of acting in preparation for a terrorist act, an offence carrying a maximum life sentence, by seeking information about chemicals capable of making explosives. He was also was found guilty of possessing a "terrorism manual" and of buying two maps of the electricity grid, connected with preparation for a terrorist act.
The Pakistan-born Australian citizen had pleaded not guilty to four charges, denying that he planned to cause death or destruction in Australia.
During his trial, the court was told Lodhi and Frenchman Willie Brigitte, who was deported in October 2003 for breaching his tourist visa, trained in Pakistan with banned terror organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba, and had contact using mobile phones registered under false names. The court was also told Lodhi helped arrange accommodation for Brigitte when he arrived in Sydney, in May 2003.
Lodhi is due for sentence on August 23, 2006, pending changes to legislation which could affect his penalty.