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Adam Brookman is expected to be formally charged on Monday. Source: Supplied
A Melbourne nurse accused of working for Islamic State in Syria has returned to his home state of Victoria, where he spent his first night in jail.
Adam Brookman was extradited to Victoria to face court on Monday after being arrested at Sydney International Airport on Friday night.
The Nine Network reports that Brookman arrived in Melbourne on a Qantas flight late on Saturday afternoon and was taken to the Melbourne Custody Centre.
He is expected to be formally charged on Monday.
The father-of-five’s travel home from the Middle East was facilitated by Australian agencies after he turned himself in to Turkish authorities last week.
The 39-year-old appeared via video link in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday, where a magistrate granted his extradition south.
Court documents outline one charge relates to Brookman knowingly providing support to IS by undertaking guard duty and reconnaissance between April 2010 and August 2014.
It is alleged that support would help the group “prepare or foster†a terrorist act.
The second charge relates to undertaking the guard duty and reconnaissance with the intention of supporting IS.
Australian Federal Police remain tight-lipped on the issue and would not confirm Brookman’s arrival in Melbourne.