Curtis Cheng’s widow bursts into tears as a fourth man is found guilty for his role in terror plot

Curtis Cheng’s widow bursts into tears as a fourth man is found guilty for his role in the terror plot that left the police accountant dead

  • Selina Cheng cried in the dock as a guilty verdict for Mustafa Dirani was read out
  • Her husband Curtis was shot dead by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar in October 2015
  • Dirani acted as surveillance to help mastermind Raban Alou before the murder 

Curtis Cheng (pictured) was shot dead by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar on October 2, 2015 outside the New South Wales Police headquarters in Parramatta, Sydney

Curtis Cheng’s widow has burst into tears as a fourth man is found guilty of being involved in the terror plot which led to her husband’s death.

Selina Cheng cried in the dock as a guilty verdict for Mustafa Dirani was read out in court on Thursday, Nine News reported.

Her police accountant husband Curtis was shot dead by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar on October 2, 2015 outside the New South Wales Police headquarters in Parramatta, Sydney.

Diraini had pleaded not guilty to planning and preparing a terrorist act and another charge of supplying a firearm to an unauthorised person.

Diraini acted as surveillance to help mastermind Raban Alou before Mr Cheng’s murder. 

He bought the .38 Smith and Wesson revolver that was used by Jabar to shoot Mr Cheng. 

Jabar was shot dead in a hail of gunfire minutes after Mr Cheng was killed.

The Crown had argued that Dirani provided ’emotional, religious and ideological support’ to Alou in meetings before Mr Cheng’s murder, the ABC reported.

Alou gave the gun to Jabar at Parramatta Mosque and from there he walked to Police Headquarters and shot Mr Cheng dead as he left work. 

Mr Cheng, who worked in the Finance and Business Services department for 17 years, had a loving wife and two adult children, both in their 20s. 

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