‘Gun supplier’ charged

A MAN has been committed to stand trial charged with supplying the gun used to kill NSW Police employee Curtis Cheng.

Talal Alameddine, 24, was yesterday committed to trial on six offences, including acquiring a pistol, supplying a pistol, and aiding and abetting Raban Alou to prepare or plan a terrorist act.

Magistrate Clare Farnan ordered Alameddine be tried after a hearing last week that also dealt with Alou, 19, and two others charged over the terror plot, 23-year-old Mustafa Dirani and Milad Atai, 21.

The Crown alleges Alameddine gave Alou a gun on October 2, 2015. Alou passed the weapon to 15-year-old gunman Farhad Jabar, who shot Mr Cheng that afternoon.