Man charged with incitement over lockdown protest wants case heard in higher court
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A 76-year-old man charged with inciting an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne during Victoriaâs second wave of COVID-19 has argued his case should be heard in the High Court of Australia.
Solihin Millin was arrested on August 28 last year and charged with incitement over a âfreedom rallyâ protest against Victoriaâs lockdown restrictions held at the Shrine of Remembrance and Albert Park on September 5.
Solihin Millin is charged with inciting an anti-lockdown protest in September last year.
22:12 EDT, 3 February 2021
An alleged extremist facing terrorism charges is accused of sending intimate love letters to an ISIS-supporting radical, known as the tiny terrorist , in jail, a court heard.
Hadashah Sa adat Khan was arrested on February 25 last year and faces life in prison for a series of terrorism offences, including acting as a conduit between now-jailed American extremist Akram Musleh and other IS members.
The 23-year-old applied for bail at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, but prosecutors say she remains committed to extremist religious ideology, pointing to jailhouse letters allegedly exchanged with alleged tiny terrorist Momena Shoma. I love you to infinity and beyond, I think about you all the time, the court heard she wrote in a letter to Shoma.
Criminal charges could be dropped depending on lockdown legal challenge, court told
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A man accused of inciting others to protest against Victoriaâs coronavirus restrictions could have his criminal charges dropped if his legal challenge against the stateâs laws is successful in another court, his lawyer says.
Tony Pecora appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with two counts of incitement. Police allege the 43-year-old encouraged others to attend a âwalk for freedomâ at the Royal Botanic Gardens in September last year, in contravention of stay-at-home laws.
Tony Pecora is accused of inciting others to protest against Victoriaâs coronavirus restrictions.
Melbourne Jewish community refuse funding for Malka Leifer legal defence30/01/2021|1min
One of the most senior figures in Melbourne s Adass community has denied funding the legal defence of accused paedophile Malka Leifer.
She appeared via videolink in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday after being extradited from Israel.
She s facing 74 counts of child sexual abuse.
President of the Adass Israel Congregation Benjamin Koppel says the community is definitely not paying her legal fees.
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