By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
THE Hampton Park teenager who had Anzac Day terror plot charges dropped in August has walked free after escaping conviction for weapons offences.
Harun Causevic, 18, pleaded guilty in August to three weapons offences after he was arrested in April and charged with conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for terrorist acts, following pre-dawn counter-terrorism raids throughout Casey.
The charges were dropped after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions decided there was insufficient evidence.
Causevic on Thursday was placed on a good behaviour bond on the condition he continue to have psychological treatment.
In September he was placed on an interim control order which stops him going to any mosque bar one.
The control order, initiated by the Australian Federal Police, requires Causevic to wear a tracking device for 24 hours a day, includes a midnight to 5am curfew, and prohibits him from going to any mosque apart from the Emir Sultan Mosque in Dandenong.
The teen is also not permitted to use his mobile phone, computers, or web messaging services.
Causevic and Sevdet Ramdan Besim, also 18, of Hallam, were both arrested in the Operation Rising raids days before Anzac Day; while in July, Narre Warren teen Mehran Azami, 19, pleaded guilty to 19 counts of importing weapons and three other charges and was remanded in custody.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday 11 November, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said only time would tell whether the government’s plans to strip dual national terrorists of their Australian citizenship would survive a High Court challenge.
Debate has circled on whether the proposed bill to strip citizenship is constitutional.
