After driving all the best way to his native police station solely to seek out it shut, a former particular forces soldier charged with a battle crime has had his bail circumstances altered.
Oliver Jordan Schulz resides at an undisclosed location in rural NSW, charged with unlawfully killing a civilian whereas deployed in Afghanistan in 2012.
The 41-year-old was granted bail on March 28 however circumstances requiring him to report back to the closest police station every day have been difficult due to its irregular opening hours.
"The accused has been attending at completely different instances and discovering it unattended," crown prosecutor Talia Epstein mentioned on Tuesday.
His bail was various in Downing Centre Native Courtroom permitting Schulz to attend the police station in particular person and, if it was closed, remotely join to a different close by station to report with out breaching his bail circumstances.
Justice of the Peace Susan Horan discovered any dangers he wouldn't seem in courtroom have been nonetheless addressed by the adjustments as a result of he needed to be bodily current when reporting anyway.
Discussions are additionally ongoing between the Workplace of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Schulz's authorized crew and the Commonwealth Legal professional-Normal about how the ex-SAS soldier can entry his transient of proof with out breaching nationwide safety legal guidelines.
The matter will subsequent come earlier than the courtroom on June 27 after Schulz and his legal professionals have had time to think about these safety considerations.
The soldier is accused of approaching Dad Mohammad in a wheat subject in Uruzgan Province after which firing three pictures at a 25- or 26-year-old whereas he was on his again along with his fingers and knees raised.
Mohammad's father later made a criticism to the ADF, alleging his son had been shot within the head.
In March, Schulz was granted bail regardless of the seriousness of the alleged crime after a Justice of the Peace discovered he was at a excessive threat from Taliban assault if he remained behind bars.
Orders have been additionally made barring the general public from reporting the city and area the place he resides to guard his household from retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalist group.
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