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The Western Bulldogs Football Club isn’t known as one of the powerhouse clubs of the AFL. It’s dwarfed by the likes of Collingwood, Essendon, Carlton and Hawthorn in terms of membership, revenue and premierships.But the club is home to some of Victoria’s sharpest legal minds.

Prosecutors have dropped terror financing charges against a Melbourne pizza shop worker due to a lack of evidence.Hassan El Sabsabi, 24, was charged last year with sending funds to Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat al Nusra, but in the Supreme Court today prosecutors announced they were not proceeding with the charges.

Charges against Melbourne teenager Harun Causevic, accused of plotting an Anzac Day terrorist attack, will be dropped today, his lawyer says.His lawyer, Rob Stary, said Commonwealth authorities would drop the terrorism charges at a court appearance today, though a weapons offence would remain.

Andrew Zingler, for Julian, said his client had a significant psychiatric history and, in the days leading up to the event, had posted some concerning comments on Facebook.Mr Zingler said Julian had been a cannabis user for 35 years and planned to be drug free when released from jail.

Robert Stary reserved his highest praise and gratitude for his personal assistant Marco Man, familiar to all in the criminal law fraternity as Mr Stary’s indispensable right hand man.

Georgia Fields, 19, of Ferntree Gully, walked free from the Supreme Court today on bail despite allegations she plotted to kill her boyfriend’s disabled and deaf flat mate.In arguing for bail, Mr Smurthwaite said his client was not a risk to the community, would live with her parents and twin sister and adhere to a strict curfew.

Criminal lawyer Robert Stary, who took on the case a year after Ms Greensill's conviction, said in 30 years of practice it was very rare for him to be so strident about a person's innocence.

The ruckman's advocate, Sam Norton, asked the Appeals Board for leniency, noting that Minson had pleaded guilty and apologised to Chrystie on the ground and again before Tuesday night's Tribunal hearing.

Alleged jihadis would have access to religious guidance, education and psychological assessment under a bail support program being developed in Melbourne.

Police Prosecutor, Senior Constable Jacki Davis, said Clifford and his co-accused targeted only stores that used the controversial PayWay system, buying items including a diary and artist’s sketch pad, clothing, fishing lures, cigar­ettes, spirits and food.Andrew Zingler, for Clifford, said his client’s offending occurred during a period when he was trying to get his life ­together.

"There shouldn't be any pre-emptive decisions about whether this man is innocent or guilty," Rob Stary said outside court."He should be treated in same way as any other remand prisoner. He should be housed in an appropriate remand facility, not in the state's maximum security unit."

The elderly husband who has been charged with the murder of two women in Victoria nearly 24 years ago - one of them being his wife - has described the accusations as 'bizarre'.