MELBOURNE: ‘Device rule broken’


A Somalia-born man was due to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Tuesday (Nov. 18), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions.
The AFP charged the man, 44, after he was located in Melbourne.
It is alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to maintain his Electronic Monitoring Device.
The man was charged with:
• One count of fail to maintain Electronic Monitoring Device,
• One count of intentionally damage property belonging to Commonwealth entity, and
• Four counts of possession of personal property reasonably suspected of being stolen pursuant to section 26 of the Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic).