The Sydney Morning Herald tells us a little about Man Haron Monis.
Self-described cleric, Man Haron Monis, 50, first came to attention of police when he penned poisonous letters to the family of dead Australian soldiers seven years ago.
Last year he was charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife and mother of two.
Most recently, he was charged with more than 50 allegations of indecent and sexual assault relating to time allegedly spent as a self-proclaimed “spiritual healer” who dealt with black magic at a premises in western Sydney more than a decade ago.
He was out on bail on those last two cases.
He was charged in November 2013 with being an accessory before and after the fact to the murder of his ex-wife Noleen Hayson Pal.
Ms Pal was stabbed and set alight in a Werrington apartment block.
Droudis has been charged with the murder.
And then in April this year, Monis was charged by sex crimes squad detectives with the indecent and sexual assault of a woman in western Sydney in 2002.
Police allege that Monis was a self-proclaimed “spiritual healer” who operated out of premises on Station Street at Wentworthville.
News of his arrest prompted more victims to come forward and Monis was hit with an additional 40 charges in October.
It is alleged that Monis placed ads in local newspapers offering “spiritual consultation”.
He claimed to be an expert in astrology, numerology, meditation and black magic.
Monis has posted online that the police charges are part of a witch hunt against him.
Right, it was all trumped up. Obviously.
This guy does not seem to be one of the ones whose neighbors say: “But he was always such a nice, polite man who was friendly to everyone.”
Hmm. Almost makes you think that publicizing allegations of sexual misconduct against [a named person] is not necessarily a bad thing. (Eh, Mick?)
Come to think of it, I’ve heard that “witch hunt” thing before. Hey, maybe the cops did it for the clicks?
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@ Silentbob
Well, to be fair, he is certainly not the only one who leaps to the defense of such alleged predators, he just happens to be the most verbose.
Droudis?
Ah:
Monis was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and placed on a two year good behaviour bond for the “offensive and deplorable letters” sent with the assistance of his girlfriend Amirah Droudis.
Another ‘reform’ feminist?
johnthedrunkard, I doubt she’d call herself a feminist of any stripe. She’s accused of the murder of Monis’ ex-wife; she’s also an apologist for rapists and a victim blamer, and a self-described terrorist:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11296702/Sydney-police-raid-home-of-Amirah-Droudis-girlfriend-of-siege-shooter.html
theophontes @4 –
Mick Nugent just put up another angry screed about Professor Myers. He even tries to implicate the FtB commentariat. It’s a whopping 4759 words this time!