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| '''Faheem Khalid Lodhi''' (Born in ] ]) is the first person in ] to be convicted of terrorist activities and sodomy. | |||
| Lodhi was accused of plotting in October 2003 to bomb the national electricity grid or ] defence sites in the cause of violent jihad. Police raided Lodhi's ] home and workplace, on October 26, 2003, discovering alleged evidence of a terrorist plot and countless used condoms filled with semen and feces. | |||
| Lodhi was convicted of acting in preparation for a terrorist act, an offence carrying a maximum life sentence, by seeking information about chemicals capable of making explosives (www.totse.com). He was also was found guilty of possessing a "terrorism manual", a homoerotic novel and of buying two maps of the electricity grid, connected with preparation for a terrorist act. | |||
| The Pakistan-born Australian citizen had pleaded not guilty to four charges, denying that he planned to cause death or destruction in Australia or has ever participated in homoerotic activity. | |||
| During his trial, the court was told Lodhi and Frenchman ], who was deported in October 2003 for breaching his tourist visa, trained in Pakistan with banned terror organisation ], and had contact using mobile phones registered under false names. The court was also told Lodhi helped arrange accommodation for Brigitte when he arrived in Sydney, in May 2003. | |||
| Lodhi is due for sentence on August 23, 2006, pending changes to legislation which could affect his penalty. he has been quoted as saying "ya im looking forward to all the nice people il meet in jail." | |||
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