A man who took two hostages and fired a hail of bullets into the air was carrying a manifesto in which he promised to “make the Cronulla riots look like a kindergarten field trip”, a court has been told. Simon Fleming, 41, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court where he has pleaded not guilty to committing a terrorist act, which the Crown alleges was motivated by right-wing ideology. It was expected that Mr Fleming would raise a defence of mental health impairment, Justice Helen Wilson told the jury on day one of the trial on Wednesday. The court...
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