A Hamilton casual worker, who helped put up more than 50 neo-Nazi stickers around Melbourne and came to the attention of counter terrorism command, has been fined $650.
Jack Darren Bell, 21, pleaded guilty in the Hamilton Magistrates Court on Wednesday to causing a nuisance in Caulfield on the morning of May 12 this year, one day after State Parliament announced it was banning Nazi symbols.
Police prosecutor Senior Constable Paul Harris told the court Bell and co-accused Jimeone Roberts were involved in the offending.
He said Roberts was politically affiliated with the National Socialist Network, considered to be a national security risk and had come to the attention of counter terrorism command.
Bell lost his casual rear-of-house job after declining to be vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He moved into a Melbourne property with Roberts after meeting him online in anti-vaccination forums and they attended freedom marches and anti-vaccination rallies.
The court heard that on May 12 at 10.05am Roberts and Bell were on Hawthorn Road at Caulfield and they placed more than 50 racist and offensive stickers on shops and business fronts, including the office of Jewish MP David Southwick.
The pair were observed by a woman who has linked with the Jewish community security group.
Read the article by Andrew Thomson in The Standard.