Man Stalks President, Intimidates Guard, Gets Community Order

0:00It's April 15th. Welcome in. This is Sydney News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Kori with the story. A 45-year-old man named Rajab Ali just got cleared of stalking Israeli President Isaac Herzog during his Sydney visit, what he took a hit for. Intimidating a security guard outside a Jewish kindergarten while live streaming. This all went down in February when Herzog was in town honoring victims of the Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people back in December. Police first nabbed Ali for pulling over in haymarket, filming the president and yelling stuff, but they dropped that stalking charge this week. In court, Ali admitted to acting offensive near the school in Bondi Junction. He drove by the early learning center, looped back, pointed his phone at the guard, called him a grunk and a dog, then peeled out before cops showed up. His lawyer argued it was a one-off compulsive move, not targeted, and Ali didn't even know it was a Jewish school. Still, the judge hit him with an 18-month community corrections order, a conviction on record,

1:03a good behavior bond, and a ban from coming, within 100 meters of that school. He also copped an $800 fine for using his phone while driving. With a rap sheet going back to 1999 full of assaults and violations, Ali wrapped up by telling the court he was sorry for wasting. Through one's time, and now he's got to stay straight.