“The court heard Kocoglu had renounced Islamic State, had no prior offences and had not re-offended in the past five years and was not a threat to the Australian community.”
A great deal is riding on Kocoglu’s being honest about this. Australian citizens can only hope that he is.
Note also that Kocoglu is a pensioner, which means he was sending taxpayer money to the Islamic State. Lord, what fools these infidels be.
“Victorian pensioner who funded Islamic State spared more jail time,” 9News, November 8, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Melbourne pensioner won’t spend any more time behind bars after a judge accepted he was “infatuated” by an American Islamic State supporter he sent money to.
Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 over several transactions to John Georgelas while the American was fighting in Syria in 2014.
County Court Judge Greg Lyons said it wasn’t in the interest of justice to sentence Kocoglu to more than the 31 days he served on remand several years ago when he was first charged.
Kocoglu has spent three years on strict bail conditions including daily reporting to police, a curfew and restrictions on his internet use, including not accessing social media.
He was freed today on a $500 promise to be of good behaviour….
Kocoglu was the administrator of a supportive Islamic State Facebook group during 2014, when he made a total of four transfers to Georgelas to support the ongoing operation of his website in Syria….
The court heard Kocoglu had renounced Islamic State, had no prior offences and had not re-offended in the past five years and was not a threat to the Australian community.