SIM not found in attack Jeep: reports

Haneef8217;s lawyer, Peter Russo, said he had not yet been able to confirm the mistake, but that it could help in his client fight the charge that he was giving support to a terrorist organisation. 8220;It8217;s an inconsistency,8221; Russo told reporters. 8220;Court cases aren8217;t won on one inconsistency. 8230; I wouldn8217;t say with any certainty that this is the ace in the pack, so to speak, but it8217;s definitely something we need to explore.8221; Other lawyers not involved in the case said the mistake, if true, could end the chances of a conviction, and that police had compounded the error by not correcting the public record. 8220;It8217;s a shocking mess up,8221; Peter Faris, a lawyer and former head of the Australian Government8217;s National Crime Authority, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. 8220;A competent cross-examiner will cut the police to pieces. It may well be that the prosecution case will collapse.8221; 8220;You can8217;t get something that8217;s so central, so wrong,8221; he said.

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty would not comment on whether a mistake had been made. 8220;It8217;s not for the media to judge, it8217;s not for me to judge, it8217;s for the court to judge,8221; Keelty told reporters in Canberra, but added, 8220;I8217;d deny that the AFP8217;s been incompetent.8221;

A debate has raged in Australia and India about whether authorities have been overzealous in prosecuting Haneef under counterterror and immigration laws. Prime Minister John Howard declined to comment, saying it was a matter for the courts.

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