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Posted: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:28:38 GMT

A Sydney man has been arrested after he allegedly failed to comply with a condition of a control order by accessing online material that supported executions, beheadings and torture.

Australian Federal Police acting commander Alex Nicholson fronted the media on Saturday, detailing how the 25-year-old was accused of breaching the Federal Court of Australia direction.

The man, who was released from jail on January 1, was subject to the control order until December 30.

“The man has an extremist ideology aligned to the ISIS terror network,” acting commander Nicholson said.

The AFP High Risk Terrorist Offenders team arrested the man at his Denistone home on Saturday morning.

Commander Nicholson said there was no threat to the community.

“This man is now the fifth person arrested by the AFP for breaching a control order since July,” he said.

“While we are continuing to see high risk terrorist offenders breach their control orders, police are ensuring offenders who breached their orders are arrested, charged and face the consequences of their actions.

“AFP offices continue to work with our state and territory counterparts and security agencies to protect the community from extremist material and the violence it promotes.”

The man has been charged with three counts of contravening a Federal Court of Australia control order.

He faces a maximum penalty of five years in jail if found guilty.

The man was arrested in July 2019 by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism team for being or associating with people suspected to be part of an ISIS terrorist network, according to acting commander Nicholson.

He was sentenced on December 12 after pleading guilty to two counts of associating with a terrorist organisation and was released from jail about two weeks ago.

Conditions vary for each individual under a control order, and the man had a curfew and restrictions on accessing particular material online, acting commander Nicholson said.

Anyone with information about extremist activity or possible threats to the community should contact the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400.

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