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Sydney Man Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail After Planting Homemade Bomb Outside Pro-palestinian’s House

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Lawyers for David Maurice Wise claim he only has ‘dream-like memory of planting the bomb’ but magistrate says offending ‘serious’

The man who planted an explosive device outside the home of a pro-Palestinian resident has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, despite the court being told about his extensive mental health challenges.

David Maurice Wise, 43, was sentenced at Sydney’s Downing Centre court on Tuesday where he was given a non-parole period of three months, and a two-year community corrections order.

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