Terrorist’s lawyers tell supreme court government may have conspired to pervert the course of justice

Counsel for Abdul Nacer Benbrika says he was kept in prison after completing sentence because government didn't disclose report on risk assessment tool

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Lawyers for convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika say the Australian government may have conspired to pervert the course of justice when it did not disclose a report criticising a controversial risk assessment tool.

Dan Star KC, for Benbrika, told the Victorian supreme court on Thursday that he believed his client only continued to be held in prison after completing his sentence because of the failure to disclose the report during earlier hearings.

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