Bin Laden video shown in Aust terror hearing 

Source: ONE NewsAustralia

A spine-chilling propaganda video depicting Osama Bin Laden and the head of a young martyr has been shown to the court during the pre-sentence hearing for a Melbourne terrorist.

Shane Kent, 32, has pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally being a member of a terrorist organisation between July 2004 and November 2005.

The former forklift driver from Campbellfield in Melbourne's north has also pleaded guilty to one count of making a document connected with the preparation of a terrorist act.

Prosecutor Lesley Taylor told the court Kent helped make the propaganda video designed to encourage others to carry out a terrorist act.

Taylor played the video to the court which featured a voice-over of Arabic words with a calming water background noise.

Pictures of the head of a young martyr after he had been killed also featured in the movie.

"The Crown says this is an unapologetic video in the cause of violent jihad," Taylor said.

Kent's lawyer John O'Sullivan said his client was a "could've been" terrorist who made excuses when asked to meet with other members of the group.

"Essentially he is a barracker," he said.

The pre-sentence hearing before Victorian Supreme Court Justice Bernard Bongiorno is continuing.