Muslim man accused of shooting two teenagers calls for judge to be removed from his case over comments he made about Sharia law
- Zakaria Zaatiti applied for bail on charges of shooting two teenagers in August
- The 23-year-old accused sought to have the Melbourne magistrate disqualified
- His lawyer Shaun Ginsbourg cited Ross Maxted’s questions about Sharia law
A Muslim man accused of shooting two teenagers wants to remove a magistrate from his case because of perceived bias about Sharia law.
Zakaria Zaatiti, 23, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday to apply for bail over allegations he shot two males aged 16 and 18 at Roxburgh Park in August.
But before the bail hearing began, his lawyer Shaun Ginsbourg applied for magistrate Ross Maxted to disqualify himself from the case.

Muslim shooting accused wants magistrate removed over Sharia law view
A 23-year-old Muslim man is applying to have a Melbourne magistrate disqualified from his case for his perceived bias on Sharia law (a woman in Aceh is caned in May for adultery)
Mr Maxted refused Zaatiti bail in September.
‘Essentially Your Honour made comments in the course of cross-examining my client’s father about sharia law,’ Mr Ginsbourg said.















