There were chaotic scenes during the case of a neo-Nazi leader who is accused of assaulting a Channel 9 security guard.
An online hearing for a neo-Nazi leader has been disrupted by supporters who displayed an image of Hitler youth, refused to turn on cameras and used fake names.
Thomas Sewell, 29, who leads the far-right European Australia Movement, fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where he is contesting charges for allegedly assaulting a Channel 9 security guard.
Mr Sewell attended the hearing in-person but was supported by other far-right extremists who joined via video link, with one man displaying a photograph of Hitler youth as a virtual background.
Others displayed fake names such as Kanye West, Dr Mike Oxlong and Nike TN.
Online attendees were told to keep their cameras turned on, prompting one man to complain it was “abuse” because Muslims would not be asked to remove coverings.
Mr Sewell is facing charges including affray, unlawful assault and recklessly causing injury after he allegedly punched a Channel 9 security guard multiple times outside the network’s Docklands studios in March last year.
He went to the studio with a cameraman so he could speak with A Current Affair producers
about a story that was broadcast that night about his organisation.
Mr Sewell claimed the program had falsely labelled his group a terrorist organisation and failed to seek a right of reply.
Read the article by Miles Proust in the Herald Sun.