A magistrate says Melbourne man Jacob Hersant will be sentenced to jail after being found guilty of performing a Nazi salute last year. He's the first person found guilty of breaking a new Victorian law that bans the salute.
Jacob Hersant was found guilty of performing a Nazi salute in public.Melbourne man Jacob Hersant will be sentenced to jail for performing a Nazi salute in public.What's next?
Magistrate Brett Sonnet said he was not yet in a position to determine the length of Hersant's jail sentence.The first person found guilty of performing the Nazi salute in Victoria will be sentenced to jail., after a magistrate rejected his argument the laws were constitutionally invalid. The 25-year-old was the first Victorian charged with performing the Nazi salute in October 2023, just six days after new legislation banning the gesture came into effect.
This morning, Magistrate Brett Sonnet found the only "appropriate sentencing order" was a term of imprisonment, but said he was not yet in a position to determine the length of the sentence. Jacob Hersant is the first person found guilty of breaking a new Victorian law which bans the Nazi salute in public.Hersant's lawyers requested he be allowed to remain in the community until sentencing in two weeks' time.The offence carries a maximum penalty of $24,000 or 12 months' jail.
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