The man who supplied the gun used to kill police accountant Curtis Cheng in 2015 has been granted parole despite objections from the Crown.
Talal Alameddine’s prison release was confirmed on Tuesday at a parole hearing in Parramatta Local Court in Sydney’s west, attended by members of the 33-year-old’s family.
Parole was opposed on community safety grounds, with a possibility the decision could be appealed.
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Details of Alameddine’s release, including when he could walk free, have been suppressed by the court.
Alameddine made headlines last year when footage emerged of him in a violent brawl in the prison yard at Goulburn’s Supermax jail.
Alameddine was arrested days after Cheng was shot dead by 15-year-old student Farhad Jabar, as he was walking from NSW Police headquarters at Parramatta in October 2015.
Talal Alameddine has been granted parole despite objections from the Crown. Credit: Facebook/Jono Searle/AAP
Police said Jabar, who was shot dead at the scene by special constables, had terror links and the attack was politically motivated.
Hours earlier, Alameddine had supplied a loaded Smith & Wesson revolver to a man named Raban Alou who then gave it to Jabar at a Parramatta mosque.
Alameddine pleaded guilty to firearm and terror-related charges.
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He was initially sentenced to 13 years’ in jail but had his term reduced, making him eligible for parole this year.
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