The complexities of how our prosecutions work can mean there are limits on what the public can know.
Ever since the Southport attack in July, social media has been awash with misinformation, rumours and lies about what happened and how the criminal justice system is handling the case.
None of that influences a jury because it does not get into the detail of what a defendant may have actually done or not done. He then clarified that he did not know if the state was lying, and added: “We don’t know the reason why this information has been concealed.” But making that allegation does not automatically mean there has been an act of terrorism and he has not been charged in relation to any act of terrorism.
This is a safeguard baked into the law to make sure these prosecutions are only used when absolutely necessary.
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