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“Did you hear what I just said?” Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon Freund questioned the man standing before her in the courtroom.
Later, Legal Aid solicitor Ben Archibold requested a moment to confer with his client.
“Mr. Akram, your solicitor will contact you after this,” the magistrate informed him.
“Yep,” responded the accused, who is facing terrorism charges.
During the court proceedings, Akram sat wearing a green jumper issued by the prison, his hands resting in his lap as he quietly followed the otherwise routine case mention.
His hair was freshly shaven, while he continued to sport the full-faced short beard he had during the December 14 mass shooting.
But none of the pipe bombs detonated, despite preliminary police analysis finding they were viable.
A box-like bomb was found in the boot of the car while two hand-painted ISIS flags were also in the vehicle.
A court suppression order allows victim-survivors to choose if and when they go public with their story and join other survivors such as Arsen Ostrovsky and hero tobacconist Ahmed Al Ahmed, who briefly disarmed Akram’s father.
Akram is next due in court on April 9.
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