A magistrate has signalled he will sentence Hersant to time in prison after he found the white supremacist guilty of performing a Nazi salute.
A white supremacist is set to be jailed as the first Victorian found guilty of performing a Nazi salute in public, with his prospects for rehabilitation described as low by the prosecution.
In court to support Hersant were other self-confessed neo-Nazis including Nathan Bull and Thomas Sewell, who could be seen taking notes during the hearing. Prosecutor Daniel Gurvich, KC, said that adding to the seriousness of the offending was that Hersant performed the act after walking from the County Court where he’d just been sentenced for a charge of violent disorder.
“Australia for the white man, heil Hitler, heil Hitler,” Hersant was captured saying on camera after the act.
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