Australian nurse with IS links charged with terror offences

July 26, 2015 21:37

An Australian nurse was charged with terrorism offences for allegedly supporting the Islamic State group in Syria, after he voluntarily returned home from the war-torn country. The 39-year-old Melbourne father of five, named in local media as Islamic convert Adam Brookman, briefly faced a Melbourne court after surrendering to officials in Turkey on Tuesday, Australian Federal Police said.

Brookman, who arrived back in Australia on Friday night, was charged with one count of knowingly providing support to a terrorist organisation, IS, which carries a maximum jail time of 25 years. He faces up to 10 years in prison for a second charge of performing services with the intention of supporting a person, or persons, to engage in a hostile activity in a foreign state.

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