White supremacists Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant walk free from the Country Court of Victoria after being convicted over an attack on six people in 2021.

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.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
    19·
    8 months ago

    Porque no los dos

    Seriously though, what the actual fuck:

    “You were both active participants in the offending,” Judge Blair said.

    However the judge said she did not believe the attack on the hikers was politically or racially motivated, and agreed it was not premeditated.

    “In both your cases your prospects of rehabilitation are good,” she said.

    Judge Blair sentenced Sewell to five weeks in jail, but said he did not need to return to custody having already spent time in prison when his bail was denied.

    Hersant, 24, was sentenced to three days’ jail — the same amount of time he had already spent in custody.

    Outside court, Sewell and Hersant told journalists they were innocent of the charges, despite entering guilty pleas.

    They spouted homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs and walked off.