Home affairs withheld serious concerns about crime prediction tool during Benbrika case, court hears
Judge suggests there may have been ‘interference with administration of justice’ and government officials could be referred ‘to relevant authorities’
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The Department of Home Affairs deliberately withheld information that raised serious questions about the reliability of a future crime prediction tool because it wanted to keep using it on other offenders, the Victorian supreme court has heard.
The supreme court justice Elizabeth Hollingworth is considering whether convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika should be subject to an extended supervision order while he is held in immigration detention, and the conditions of such an order.
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