Saeed Noori, who mowed down 16 pedestrians at one of Melbourne’s busiest intersections in 2017, jailed for at least 30 years for murder and other crimes.
Islamic State sympathiser Saeed Noori who mowed down 16 pedestrians when he drove through one of Melbourne’s busiest intersections before Christmas in 2017, has been jailed for life for murder and causing serious injury.
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth on Thursday ordered Noori be jailed for at least 30 years for the horror he caused on December 21, 2017 when he drove into the intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets while about 70 people were crossing the road.Justice Hollingworth ordered Noori, 37, be eligible for parole after serving 30 years, by which stage he will be in his 60s.
Grandfather of three Antonio Crocaris, 83, suffered fatal injuries when he was hit and died eight days later.Other pedestrians, including international tourists and a four-year-old boy, were badly injured when Noori drove his mother's Suzuki Vitara SUV into the intersection at around 50km/h about 4.40pm.Saaed Noori is dragged from the car in Flinders Street after the attack.
"You chose to commit the offences in the public domain, in a crowded public space where your actions would have the most dramatic effect."The offending was entirely unprovoked, and displayed a callous disregard for the sanctity of human life. Whatever your motive was for committing these offences, it had nothing to do with the particular victims."
Noori put a hand up to acknowledge a supporter as he was led from the dock, and his mother collapsed when told of the sentence.
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