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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11662149by: Rob Kidd
A man who walked into Auckland's US consulate wearing a black Isis T-shirt and asked if the building was "bomb proof" has been sentenced to five months home detention.
Niroshan Nawarajan, 27, previously pleaded guilty to a range of charges including the possession of extremist publications - the second case of its kind in the country.
But Judge Russell Collins stressed: "You are not facing a terrorism charges".
On January 13, Nawarajan was arrested by police walking down Queen St shortly after the premises had gone into lockdown.
Following a scuffle with officers, during which he repeatedly shouted "Isis is here", they took him to Auckland central station for processing.
While Nawarajan was being searched, police found a hard drive containing videos, magazines and documents widely classified as propaganda, many containing graphic violence.
On the drive was also a typed letter "which tends to promote or support acts of torture or the infliction of extreme violence or cruelty", court documents said.
The man was charged with possessing objectionable material and his sentencing before Auckland District Court today was the second of its kind by only a couple of hours.
Imran Patel, 26, was jailed for three years nine months for similar offending this afternoon.
Judge Collins told Nawarjan he should be "extraordinarily grateful" to his brother who had agreed to put up his place in Wellington as a home detention address.
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