A horrific list of crimes committed by an asylum seeker released onto the streets of Sydney – as he faces charges days after his release
A recently released immigration detainee arrested for cannabis possession has a criminal history including serious violent crimes and firearms offences.
Mohammed Ali Nadari was arrested in Sydney’s west on Saturday, just six days after he was released following a controversial High Court ruling.
A statement of facts presented to Parramatta Local Court outlined Nadari’s previous criminal history.
“The suspect has an extensive criminal history, which includes, but is not limited to, intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm,” the statement said.
Immigration detainees have been released from detention centres, including Villawood in Sydney’s west
His criminal record also includes discharging a firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, breaching an apprehended violence order and committing an act of indecent assault.
He also has charges for theft, theft, resisting a police officer, drug possession and property crimes.
Nadari, who was released on November 26, was arrested in Merrylands at 4.19pm after being found with 2 grams of cannabis.
The 45-year-old is described in the statement of facts as one of the at-risk detainees released following the High Court’s ruling that indefinite detention was unlawful.
“The suspect has already committed a criminal offense within a week of his release,” the statement said.
‘The suspect is currently unemployed and has no fixed abode. The suspect told the police that he lives on the street.’
Nadari was found in Sheffield Street, Merrylands, where police had evicted squatters.
While police were evicting squatters from three houses on that street, Nadari entered one of the buildings through a broken gate.
Police told Nadari to sit on the ground and asked him for identification. While identifying himself, Nadari took three small resealable bags from his wallet and tossed them behind him.
The bags contained green plant material that was determined to be cannabis.
Nadari, whose identification was confirmed on his Immicard, was arrested and denied knowledge of the cannabis.
He declined to be interviewed at the Granville police station.
Aliyawar Yawari has been charged with two counts of indecent assault, just three weeks after he was released from immigration detention following the controversial Supreme Court ruling
Nadari, one of two released prisoners arrested in recent days, was convicted in his absence on Monday and fined $300.
Aliyawar Yawari, 65, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday, less than a month after being released from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Center in Western Australia.
Police arrested Yawari at the Pavlos Motel in Pooraka in Adelaide’s north on Saturday evening following allegations a woman was assaulted by a guest.
He has not applied for bail and is in custody until January.
Yawari was previously accused of attacking three women and was convicted of assault in 2016.
The November 8 Supreme Court ruling allowed 148 dangerous non-citizens to be released from detention.
Yawari was previously described by a judge as a ‘danger to the Australian community’ and has served a prison sentence for assaulting three women, including one he hit with her own walking stick.