Broke, on the dole, a failed last ditch High Court appeal to clear his name, facing lengthy jail sentences for sexual assault and plotting his wife's murder, Man Haron Monis walked into the Lindt Cafe on Monday morning a man at the end of the line. Just three days earlier his all consuming desire to clear his name had for all practical reasons come to an end. The 50-year-old, who almost two decades earlier had fled Iran accused of scamming thousands from innocent citizens, faced widespread exposure as a sham Islamic cleric if convicted on more than 50 sex charges.
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On Friday Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis was before High Court
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He was appealing a conviction over offensive letters sent to dead soldier's families
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Monis was broke, on the dole and facing lengthy jail sentences
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He had a number of sexual assault charges and accused of plotting his wife's murder
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On Monday morning he stormed the Lindt cafe and took more than a dozen hostages
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Two victims died as a result of the deadly siege, as did Monis
Separated from two adult daughters back in @placeholder, Monis had also been denied contact with his two sons - now aged 10 and four years old - in a long running custody battle with his ex-wife's family.