Timeline to plot Melbourne terror attack

TIMELINE OF TERROR PLOT CASE:

* May 2015

- Ahmed Mohamed stopped at Melbourne Airport attempting to travel to Malaysia

* June 2015

- Hamza Abbas and Ibrahim Abbas's cousin Nabil Abbas travel to Malaysia. The latter is killed fighting for Islamic State

* July 2015

- Abdullah Chaarani attempts to travel to Malaysia. Ibrahim drove him to airport

- Mohamed poses with IS flag

* March 2016

- Chaarani tells associate of Nabil Abbas that "we'll follow the same path"

* May 2016

- Hamza seeks lectures by extremist preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki. Chaarani sends him website link

* June/July 2016

- Hamza searches lectures by Anwar Al-Awlaki. Hamza accesses website celebrating Orlando shooting, and threatening then-US President Barack Obama and France

* July 2016

- Chaarani downloads IS magazine

* October 2016

- Chaarani saves link to al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine, which includes article "How to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom"

- Bomb-making instructions in Mohamed's phone are photographed by Chaarani's phone

- Chaarani searches for sparkler ingredients

- Mohamed stores Inspire magazine on his phone

- Mohamed accesses YouTube video on sparkler bombs and sends to Chaarani

- Mohamed buys globes, asks Chaarani if he has screws or nails

- Chaarani accesses propaganda video showing images of Melbourne's Federation Square

* November 2016

- Mohamed and Ibrahim purchase pipes, Ramset cartridges

- Mohamed accesses propaganda video

* November/December 2016

- Mohamed, Chaarani and Ibrahim make two trips to Clonbinane, north of Melbourne, to allegedly test explosives. Hamza joins for a third trip

* December 2016

- Mohamed and Hamza buy hydrogen peroxide, Ibrahim drives

- Mohamed asks Chaarani about "the form"

- Chaarani inquires about a firearm licence

- Mohamed views a Facebook ad for Adler shotguns

- Hamza twice downloads a firearm licence form

* December 20, 2016

- Mohamed tells Chaarani to cancel any plans because "we're running out of time"

- Chaarani calls police about firearm safety course, required to get a licence

- Mohamed, Chaarani, Hamza and Ibrahim meet at Hume Islamic Youth Centre

- Foursome captured on CCTV at Federation Square

* December 21, 2016

- Chaarani and Ibrahim purchase two machetes

- Chaarani accesses video on IS combat and suicide bombings

- Mohamed buys more Ramset cartridges

* December 22, 2016

- Mohamed and Chaarani arrested

- Chaarani tells police to make him a martyr

* December 25, 2016

- Mohamed, Hamza and Ibrahim discuss the evidence

* December 27, 2017

- Ibrahim says he told police he told the men to buy bomb-making ingredients but they never made one. Mohamed replies "that's the biggest lie"

* August 28, 2018

- The trial begins in the Supreme Court in Melbourne. Prosecution and defence cases last eight weeks. Jurors spend seven days deliberating

November 2, 2018

- Jurors deliver unanimous guilty verdicts for all three

November 14

- The jury verdict becomes public

- The men will be sentenced at a later date