The case of a man accused of attempting to funnel thousands of dollars to Islamic State will return to court in Sydney.
Ali Al-Talebi, 26, elected not to appear in Sydney's Central Local Court for a joint committal hearing with Omarjan Azari, 23, on Wednesday and is expected to continue to fight the three terror-funding charges he faces.
A young Sydney man, who cannot be named, on Wednesday told the court that he had transferred two bundles of $3000 to IS, allegedly on the instructions of Azari and Al-Talebi.
The "roll-over" crown witness testified that he heard Azari and a man he knew as Ibrahim swearing "personal oaths of allegiance" and "accepting the caliphate" during a conversation inside their mosque around June last year.
It is the prosecution case that "Ibrahim" was Al-Talebi.
Azari, who pleaded guilty to one charge after a deal was struck between his defence team and the Commonwealth DPP, is set to be sentenced in the District Court next year whilst Al-Talebi's committal hearing is expected to continue on Thursday.
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