Teen who plotted ANZAC Day terrorist attack may walk free
The 20-year-old man is from Blackburn, Lancashire and is identified only as RXG. He was convicted of sending and Australian jihadist to launch attacks against police during Melbourne’s Anzac Day commemorations in 2015.
He was 14 at the time of the offence and was handed a life sentence in October 2015 after he admitted to inciting another person to commit an act of terrorism overseas.
On Monday, the Parole Board for England and Wales ruled that RXG was suitable for release after a hearing in September and another this month.
“After considering the circumstances of his offending, the progress made while in detention and the evidence presented at the hearings, the panel was satisfied that RXG was suitable for release,” the document detailing the Parole Board’s decision read.
The panel said it would only permit his release “if it was satisfied that it was no longer necessary for the protection of the public that RXG remained confined in prison”.
His Australian accomplice, Sevdet Besim, 19, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2016.
He was also given a non-parole period of seven years and six months.
He pleaded guilty to one count of planning for a terrorist act in the Victorian Supreme Court.