The lawyer for a former serviceman charged with a war crime tells a Sydney court his client should be granted bail because he is 'extremely vulnerable' to Islamic extremists in prison.
The 41-year-old is the first current or former Australian serviceman to be charged with the war crime of murder under Australian law.abc.net.au/news/sas-soldier-war-crime-bail-sydney-court/102151012The lawyer for a former Australian serviceman charged with a war crime relating to his deployment in Afghanistan has argued his client should be granted bail because he is "extremely vulnerable" to Islamic extremists.
The ABC understands the charges relate to the shooting death of Dad Mohammed in May 2012, in central Uruzgan province. "This is not a simple case of an ex-Army officer being in prison, this is a case of an ex-Army officer being in prison charged with this crime.Mr Boulten said when his client was arrested by the AFP last week, he was initially taken to Goulburn Prison and placed in the facility's "medical clinic".
"You are entitled to draw inferences from actions and the actions of the prison authorities to shepherd this man into the medical clinic are almost certainly due to the risk [posed to him]."Mr Boulten said his client is now in a segregation cell at another prison and was told he was placed there because staff "didn't want anyone taking a shot at him".
He added that his client had led an unexceptional and law-abiding life for years while the matter was under investigation, and there was no flight risk.
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