US court drops charge against conspiracy theorist linked to Wieambilla attack
A US judge has dismissed one of the charges against a conspiracy theorist linked to the deadly Wieambilla terror attack.
Donald Day Jr was facing five federal charges in the US — three relating to alleged threats, and two counts of violating firearms laws.
US judge John J Tuchi has now dismissed one count of an interstate threat charge, which alleged Mr Day threatened the director of the World Health Organization.
Judge Tuchi granted the motion from US government prosecutors for the count to be dropped this week after the government said it was “made in good faith and is not contrary to the public interest”.
The defendant’s counsel did not object to the dismissal of the charge, labelled “count 2” in court documents.
Read more: ABC News (Australia)