Sheik Man Haron Monis, the self-styled preacher identified as the gunman in the Sydney hostage siege, was an alleged sex predator who pleaded guilty to writing letters to the families of dead Australian soldiers in which he called them “murderers,” according to media reports.
Monis, who was born in Iran as Manteghi Bourjerdi,moved to Australia in 1996, according to 9News in Australia.
In 2013 he was sentenced to community service for sending the letters, in which he also referred to the servicemen as child killers, ABC News reported.
Monis was also accused of dozens of cases of sexual assault while he was a “spiritual healer,” Australian media said.
He was on bail after being charged with being an accessory to the murder of his former wife and mother of his two children.
Monis operated a pro-Islam website, YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter pages in which he said the allegations against him were “political cases against this Muslim activist, not real criminal cases.”
Monis was “not a member of any organization or party” but he “supports his Muslim brothers [and] sisters… [and] he promotes peace,” the website said.
“Islam is the religion of peace, that’s why Muslims fight against the terrorism of America and its allies,” he wrote on Twitter recently.
His Facebook page, which was shut down during the siege, had 14,725 “likes” when it was removed from the site, The Age newspaper reported.
His website included gruesome pictures of murdered children and lashed out against what he called “Australian oppression and terrorism.”
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Gunman Man Haron Monis ‘covered in excrement’ while in prison
Siege gunman: Man Haron Monis. Photo: Nick Ralston
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Victim: Noleen Hayson Pal, right.
“During a lengthy and at times bizarre bail application Man Horan Monis, 49, interrupted the bail hearing of him and his co-accused, Amirzh Droudis, 34, who is charged with murder, to tell the court he wanted to plead guilty.
Monis is charged as an accessory before and after the fact to the murder of Noleen Hayson Pal, 30, who was stabbed 18 times and set alight outside a western Sydney unit in April.
He asked to be brought up from the cells at Penrith Local Court to “plead guilty to a crime I’ve committed”.
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“As predicted, the suspect amid the “Sydney Siege,” has long been on the radar of Australian law enforcement, as well as a frequent visitor to Australia’s court system.” Read More: Who Created Cartoon Character “Man Haron Monis” Behind “Sydney Siege” Circus?
One can also predict that they usually act bizzarely in court, jail, home….
