Talal Alameddine provided Raban Alou with a pistol that was then given to 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, who shot Cheng as he left work at Parramatta police headquarters in 2015. The NSW supreme court judge praised Cheng’s widow, Selina, his daughter, Zilvia, and his son, Alpha – who were all present in court – for their “fortitude and dignity”. Alameddine in October 2017 pleaded guilty to recklessly possessing a thing connected with a terrorist act and supplying a pistol. I was completely devastated and all sense of security and hope was lost,” Selina Cheng told Alameddine’s sentence hearing. Alameddine, who has a criminal history and displayed no remorse, received a 15% sentence discount for his guilty plea, the judge said.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2018 06:00 UTC