Ihsas Khan, 24, pleads not guilty to terrorist act because of mental illness as trial beginsA self-radicalised Sydney man stabbed his neighbour in an Islamic State-inspired attack to avenge US bombings of his “brothers and sisters in Iraq”, a court has been told. Ihsas Khan pleaded not guilty on Monday to committing a terrorist act and wounding with intent to murder after his neighbour, Wayne Greenhalgh, was stabbed multiple times at a Minto reserve in 2016. Khan, 24, who had been taking anti-psychotic medication at the time, pleaded not guilty due to mental illness as his supreme court trial got under way in Parramatta. The defence barrister, Mark Ierace SC, told the jurors many of the facts of the stabbing would not be disputed owing to Khan admitting to the attack. The prosecutor argued that Khan’s psychiatric condition did not stop him controlling his actions or knowing they were wrong.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2018 08:37 UTC