In short: Neo-Nazis Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant have avoided further jail time after they were convicted of a 2021 attack on hikers at a Victorian state park. County Court Judge Kellie Blair wished the pair luck and said she believed the prospects of both men being rehabilitated were good. Sewell and Hersant maintained their innocence after the hearing and made anti-Semitic and homophobic comments to gathered media. What's next? Hersant must complete 200 hours of community service as part of his sentencing.

  • Marin_Rider@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    County Court Judge Kellie Blair wished the pair luck and said she believed the prospects of both men being rehabilitated were good. Sewell and Hersant maintained their innocence after the hearing and made anti-Semitic and homophobic comments to gathered media

    What on earth is this judge on? You can't have prospects of rehabilitation while your actively acting like a neonazi literally outside the courthouse.... what the hell

    • Nonameuser678@aussie.zone
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      And the part where she didn't think their behaviour was racially or politically motivated. Like, they're fucking nazis...it's all racially and politically motivated.

  • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Holy fuck. Try being aboriginal and doing the same thing, see where that fucking lands you.

    They probably would have maimed or killed the hikers if they were able. What the fuck?

    That judge is a fucking Nazi, Thomas is well known and absolutely unrepentant. A Nazi through and through.

    What the flying fark? You get more fucking gaol time for stealing a trolley of groceries from woolies. What kind of group not out for violence is just casually carrying balaclavas and knives?

  • PointAndClique [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Great advertising for the rest of the Nazi boneheads backing Sewell and co that they'll at worst get off with a rap over the knuckles if they engage in similar behaviour. After all the back patting over banning Nazi symbols they let this pair off the hook. Ripper stuff.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Settler colony doing settler colony things

    Least surprising thing I've seen all week