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Deeply inconsistent. and that was the man monis. in terms of his mental health issues any comment i had made and i think ive made a comment to the effect he may have been damaged, that was in the context of these actions in the last 24 hours in sydney. not in the context of his mental state as was over a year ago. i acted for him in relation to the writing to these families. i acted for him subsequent at the tend of 2013 when he was charged with aiding -- sorry, being an accessory before and aft...

50-year-old man monis was out on bail awaiting trial for alleged sexual assaults and as an accessory with his mistress in the murder of his wife. the iranian refugee was best known for writing offensive letters to the families of australian soldiers killed in afghanistan. >> this pen is my gun. and these words are my bullets. >> reporter: long before he took to violence, mainstream muslims had condemned him as a phony, a fake cleric. >> basically thugs that do it in the name of jihad. >> reporte...

Triage. two of the 17 hostages have died. four are injured. an officer was wounded. police identified the gunman who was killed in the siege as 50-year-old man haron monis, an iranian-born radical muslim, to called himself a sheikh during the stand-off. he it several hostages bear a flag. military officials tell us theres no evidence monis had any connection to the terror group isis. monis was well known to local authorities. he was convicted of sending hate mail to the families of dead australi...

Allegiance to isis. hes operating by himself. extremely disturbing details we are learning and questions were asked why was this man on the street? he was out on bail for two separate, serious matters. one was 14 counts of sexual assault involving seven victims. the other, an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife found stabbed multiple times. she was found dead in her apartment in sydney last year. he also pleaded guilty to writing appalling letters to the families of dead australian soldiers. ...

Killed in afghanistan. he was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. >> this pen is my gun. and these words are my bullets. >> reporter: and became a fixture staining attention seeking protests, chaining himself to a sydney court. his posterboard claims he was tortured in jail. police refuse to comment. he began posting online videos as sheikh haron giving lectures on islamic law and was charged with the accessory of murder to his former wife. most recently charged with sexual assault dati...

And richards reporting all day today on msnbc.com and nbc news. australia coming to grips with a national nightmare after yesterdays 16-hour hostage standoff in the heart of downtown sydney. hundreds of people pour under to the streets today to the scene of the crime leaving behind flowers. an instant memorial to the two slain hostages. new details are emerging. he was out on bail of charges being an accessory in the murder of his ex-wife. im joined by sarah james in sydney who is following it...

Of australia and now he has murdered. >> i have worked with people for 25 years and i spoke with judges and they were disoriented. people were coming from egypt saying we need political asylum and ended up jihadist. the question is, not what are you afraid of, what do you want to do here? thats the second part that he has not beenwith. what is your ideology? >> whats your impression? is this someone who is just crazed or part of a jihad group? i mean, how do you identify or describe him? >> look...

>> reporter: yeah, here in sydney theres a great deal of sadness. theres a real somber feeling here. people laying wreaths, laying flowers at a makeshift memorial. flags are flying at half mast. but theres also a great deal of anger. anger because this gunman, man haron monis, was free on bail. he had been charged with two very serious offenses, the first being 40 counts of sexual assault, allegedly involving seven victims. the other charge was being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, wh...

Hell life loo ill leave that to the investigators. i believe weve been relatively free from mass killings in australia, last nearly 20 years, in part because of the strict laws that are in place. its important not to draw the wrong conclusions from this incident. we should look at the span of the last 20 years, where through good police, intelligence work, from our security agencies and in partnership with our friends around the world, including here in the united states, weve been able to manag...

>> reporter: he became a fixture of sorts, staging attention-seeking protests. his poster board this this video claims he was tortured in jail. police have refused to comment. he began posting online videos as sheikh haron. last year he was charged with the accessory to murder of his former wife. most recently, he was charged with sexual assault dating from 2002 when he was operating as a spiritual healer outside sydney. charges he denies. he pledged allegiance to isis, but there is no indicatio...