Sajid Akram, accused of shooting dead 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an antisemitic attack, faced a lengthy delay in getting a gun licence because of a bureaucratic mishap, not because he raised suspicions.

Sajid, who was killed by police during the attack, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, are accused of assailing hundreds of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on December 14.