NSW terror accused to face trial next year

Three men charged over the killing of NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng will face trial next year.

Talal Alameddine, 24, Mustafa Dirani, 23, and Milad Atai, 21, are all charged with doing an act in preparation for a terrorist act, with Alameddine and Dirani also charged with supplying the revolver used outside Parramatta police HQ in 2015.

Mr Cheng, 58, died instantly after being shot in the back of the head as he left work on October 2.

His killer, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, was shot dead by police.

Alameddine, Dirani and Atai were previously committed to stand trial in relation to the murder, after a hearing before Magistrate Clare Farnan.

Supreme Court Justice Robert Allan Hulme on Friday set the joint trial down for June 4, 2018, noting it could take up to eight weeks.