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Jordyn Beazley<\/p>\nBondi terror accused Naveed Akram formally charged with 19 new offencesJordyn Beazley<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have filed court attendance notices today for 19 fresh charges laid against Naveed Akram for his alleged role as a gunman in the Bondi terror attack, taking the total number of charges against him to 78.<\/p>\n
A commonwealth prosecutor told Downing Centre local court on Wednesday that the documents had been filed today after the new charges against Akram were first revealed last month.<\/p>\n
Akram, 24, and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, allegedly killed 15 people after opening fire at a Hanukah festival at Bondi beach on 14 December.<\/p>\n
Akram, who survived a shootout with police, was charged in December with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act that investigators allege may have been \u201cinspired by Isis\u201d. Sajid Akram was shot and killed by police at the scene.<\/p>\n
The new charges include 10 counts of shooting with intent to murder and six charges of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors sought another extension on Wednesday to file the brief of evidence, with the court setting a new due date of 12 August. The prosecutor said they were still working through about 230,000 CCTV images and numerous devices \u201cfrom other persons purportedly linked to the defendant\u201d that required translation. She told the court:<\/p>\n
double quotation markWe are progressing really steadily and well through the preparation of this matter towards charged verification.<\/p>\n
An interim suppression order was placed over a number of the victims and complainants named in the fresh charges, which the court heard included police officers.<\/p>\n
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