One of three men charged with terrorism-related offences has told a court this afternoon he is a victim of a police plot against Mus-lims.
Brunswick man Bassam Raad, charged with belonging to and helping finance a terrorist organisation, made the accusation during an unsuccessful bail application at Melbourne Magistrates Court.
"You may not believe me but I am innocent. They have framed me,” he told Magistrate Paul Smith.
"Because I’m a Mus-lim this (anti-terrorism legislation) affects me. These (court officials) are all non-Mus-lims and you all work against us."
Bassam Raad, 24, described how police arrived with batons outside his house on Friday evening and arrested him, and said officers accused him of having a machine gun.
"I own a $200 car. How would I have the money to buy a machine gun?"
Mr Raad and one of his co-accused were last noticed behaving in an (allegedly) interventionist fashion outside the court appearance of other terror-accused folk.
