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Omarjan Azari, accused of planning a terrorist attack in Australia, has been refused bail. He is going to remain at Goulburn’s Supermax prison.

This is not the first time the 23-year-old suspect tried securing his conditional release. He had a number of unsuccessful appeals in local court in the past. The Supreme Court refused his release in August.

Azari is charged with conspiracy to do act in preparation or planning for a terrorist act, make funds available to a terrorist organisation and murder. He has allegedly been asked to find people to be killed in public execution.

According to Azari’s counsel Winston Terracini SC, his client’s continuation of stay at Supermax is unreasonable as he has not been convicted of any offence. Azari has been classified as an AA prisoner, considered an “extreme danger to other people.”

Azari is not allowed to speak in Arabic while other restrictions include a limited number of visitors. He is one of only two AA prisoners at Supermax while on remand.

Justice Peter Garling said the case was “reasonably strong.” While he dismissed the bail, he added no “exceptional circumstances” were there to justify Azari’s release.

“I have concluded that that material does provide reasonable support for a conclusion that the crown will … be able to comfortably satisfy a jury that the applicant has committed the offences which are alleged,” The Guardian quoted the judge by saying.

Herald Sun reported Azari had allegedly spoke to Australian ISIS mastermind kingpin Mohammad Baryalei on Sept. 18, 2014.

Baryalei allegedly asked Azari to find a killer who would be capable of killing five people a month. He also allegedly said videos of the execution should be made to make it “worldwide news.”

The court has previously heard that Baryalei allegedly instructed Azari to “put the flag of the (Islamic) state in the background” after publicly executing “a random unbeliever.”

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