Two Sydney brothers behind a failed terror plot to blow up an Etihad flight by using a bomb hidden in a meat grinder are handed lengthy prison terms.
Two brothers behind a failed terror plot to plant a bomb on an international flight from Sydney have been handed lengthy jail terms of 40 and 36 years.They were convicted over a plot to bomb an Etihad flight to Abu Dhabi in July 2017Khaled Khayat, 51, and Mahmoud Khayat, 34, planned towith the device hidden inside a meat grinder in July 2017.
The bomb was placed in the luggage of a third brother, Amer, who was to unwittingly carry it onto the plane, but the plan was aborted at Sydney Airport.This year, two juries found them guilty of conspiring to plan a terrorist act. Justice Christine Adamson today said even though nobody was injured or died as a result of the plan, the brothers succeeded in creating terror in the minds of the general public.
"By their conduct they have jeopardised the sense of safety members of the community are entitled to expect," she said. "The conspiracy plainly envisaged that a large number of people would have been killed ... no-one would have survived ... no-one would have had time to say goodbye."Mahmoud Khayat was handed a jail term of 36 years with a non-parole period of 27 years.
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