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Wife of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis has bail revoked Wife of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis has bail revoked
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Amirah Droudis, the partner of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, has been taken into custody after her bail on a murder charge was revoked. The partner of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis has been taken into custody after a magistrate found she posed an “unacceptable risk” to the community and ordered her bail on a murder charge be revoked.
The New South Wales local court chief magistrate, Graeme Henson, ruled on Monday that fresh video evidence before the court demonstrated that the 35-year-old held views that were “antithetical to the community”. The New South Wales local court chief magistrate, Graeme Henson, ruled on Monday that fresh video evidence before the court demonstrated that Amirah Droudis held views that were “antithetical to the community” and appeared to endorse “acts of violence”.
Henson also said he was “unconvinced” that the magistrate who granted Droudis bail in December last year was aware she was on a good behaviour bond at the time over her involvement in a scheme by Monis to send letters to the families of deceased Australian soldiers. Henson also said he was “unconvinced” that the magistrate who granted Droudis bail in December 2013 was aware she was on a good behaviour bond at the time over her involvement in a scheme by Monis to send letters to the families of deceased Australian soldiers.
The brief of evidence against Droudis had also swelled to 18,000 pages and become “stronger” since her last bail hearing, Henson said.
Droudis, from Belmore, is charged with the murder of 33-year-old Noleen Hayson Pal, who was stabbed and set alight in the stairwell of an apartment complex in western Sydney in April 2013.Droudis, from Belmore, is charged with the murder of 33-year-old Noleen Hayson Pal, who was stabbed and set alight in the stairwell of an apartment complex in western Sydney in April 2013.
Monis, who was killed by police last week after a 16-hour siege in a Martin Place cafe, had been charged as an accessory to the murder of Pal, who was his former wife and the mother of two of his children.Monis, who was killed by police last week after a 16-hour siege in a Martin Place cafe, had been charged as an accessory to the murder of Pal, who was his former wife and the mother of two of his children.
Both he and Droudis were granted bail in December 2013, a magistrate reportedly describing the case against them as “weak”. Both he and Droudis were granted bail 12 months ago, a magistrate describing the case against the pair as “inherently weak”.
In court on Monday, prosecutor John Pickering SC argued a series of videos made by Droudis showed that the “unacceptable risk” she posed to the safety of the public could not be mitigated by strict bail conditions. However, Henson said on Monday the judge in that hearing was at a “significant disadvantage”, because police evidence against the pair had been incomplete, and remained so.
The videos, which were shown to a closed hearing, demonstrated the “willingness” of Droudis “to act on Mr Monis’s behalf”, Pickering said. Droudis sat in the front row of the court wearing the same woollen white cap in which she was pictured last week as police raided her home. She was accompanied by her step brother. Both were silent as the magistrate announced she would be taken into custody.
Droudis sat in the front row of the court wearing the same woollen white cap in which she was pictured last week as police raided her home. She was accompanied by her step brother. Neither made any comment. The state premier, Mike Baird, said he welcomed the decision. “The NSW Government expects community safety to be front and centre of all bail decisions and that is why the Attorney General expressed concern and requested a review of the case,” he said.
Droudis is scheduled to appear before the Penrith local court on February 27.