Radio Brisvaani
A teenager convicted of planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne’s CBD, on a train or at a police station, on Mothers Day 2015 has been sentenced to seven years in jail.
The 18-year-old, who cannot be named, was in the process of making pipe and pressure cooker bombs when he was arrested in May last year.
In sentencing, Supreme Court Judge Lex Lasry took into account the man’s youth and his prospects for rehabilitation, but said the sentence must be a deterrent to him and others.
Justice Lasry said if the teenager had not been arrested he could have killed a number of people.
The accused pleaded guilty in December 2015 to one charge of preparing an act of terrorism.
The court previously heard a number of items were seized from his family home, including a pressure cooker, matches and pipes, along with a document on his computer titled, Make a Bomb in Your Mom’s Kitchen.
He will be eligible for parole in 5 years and three months.
