Sydney : The commissioner of police in Australia's New South Wales state, Andrew Scipione, said today he was concerned that the man who took hostages in a Sydney cafe siege had been granted bail on earlier charges, leaving him free in the community.
Man Haron Monis, a self-styled sheikh who received political asylum from Iran in 2001, was well known to Australian police and security agencies, having been charged as an accessory to murder and with dozens of counts of sexual and indecent assault. He was free on bail when he began the cafe siege on Monday.
"We were concerned this man got bail from the very beginning," Scipione told reporters, adding that police had requested that the courts refuse him bail.
Man Haron Monis, a self-styled sheikh who received political asylum from Iran in 2001, was well known to Australian police and security agencies, having been charged as an accessory to murder and with dozens of counts of sexual and indecent assault. He was free on bail when he began the cafe siege on Monday.
"We were concerned this man got bail from the very beginning," Scipione told reporters, adding that police had requested that the courts refuse him bail.
© Thomson Reuters 2014
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Hostage Situation In Melbourne Following Blast: Report British Woman Stabbed To Death In Australian 'Extremist' Attack Senior British Police To Review Sydney Cafe Siege Response Parents Gave Names Of Interns, Doctors To CBI In Kolkata Horror: Sources Who Is Jasveen Sangha, "Ketamine Queen" Charged With Matthew Perry's Death How Extreme Weather Is Leading To Rise In Child Marriages In Pakistan Police Arrest Suspect In Bihar Dalit Girl Kidnapping, Murder Case 80 Killed In Paramilitary Attack In Sudan OpenAI Blocks Iranian Group's ChatGPT Accounts For Targeting US Election Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.