Bondi Beach massacre suspect Naveed Akram is said to have been corresponding with a woman while awaiting trial behind bars.
He is the prime suspect in the terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event in December,
Two gunmen opened fire on crowds near Sydney’s famous beach, killing 16 people, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor.
Akram, 24, is charged with several counts of murder and committing a terrorist attack along with a host of other offences.
The second suspected attacker, Akram’s father Sajid, 50, was shot and killed at the scene by police.
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The 24-year-old is being held in the high security unit at Goulburn Prison 124 miles outside Sydney.
He has received at least one letter from a female inmate who is being held in a women’s prison, according to The Australian. Daily Telegraph.
Jail sources are said to be joking about Akram having a ‘pen pal’.
A source suggested that the tone of the letter was not romantic.
The New South Wales Correctional Services does not comment on individual prisoners.
Inmates are allowed to receive and send letters, including to other inmates, although the content may not be abusive, insulting, threatening or indecent.
Akram, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney, is believed to have told his mum, Verena, that he was on a fishing trip with his father in the hours before the tragedy on December 14.
Ms Akram was reportedly unable to identify her son from a photo from the scene.
She continued: “He doesn’t have a firearm. He doesn’t even go out. He doesn’t mix with friends. He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t go to bad places.
‘He goes to JOBScomes home, goes to exercise and that’s it.’
Australia is still coming to terms with the massacre, with a national day of mourning marked in January with a sea of candles for those killed.
Among the victims was Rabbi Eli Schlander, a key organizer of the Hanukkah event who grew up in the north London.
Another victim was a grandfather and Holocaust survivor, Alex Kleytman, who was shot while protecting his wife during the gunfire.
He and his wife Larisa both survived the genocide unleashed by the Nazis, with Alex living in ‘horrendous conditions’ in Siberia.
The pair moved to Australia from Ukraine and were married for 57 years.
The youngest shooting victim was Matilda, 10, whose family described her as a girl who spread happiness wherever she went.
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