A man who framed his friend as a terrorist in order to get closer to a young woman has broken down in tears as he explained why he didn’t fess up.
Usman Khawaja on Friday described his eldest brother Arsalan as beloved by everyone including his national teammates and his parent’s favourite son as the 40-year-old gets set to learn his fate in the coming months.
In mid-2018 he created handwritten entries in a notepad belonging to a University of NSW colleague Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, which were then handed to campus security.“Get bomb and weapon training in Sri Lanka,” read one entry.They also alluded to attacking Australian politicians and landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House.
He said he wanted for Mr Nizamdeen to be preoccupied with the accusations so he could get closer to Shakeela Shahid, a young woman who also worked at the University of NSW campus.
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