By Australian Associated Press
Published: 11:01 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 11:01 GMT, 23 March 2019
An alleged far-right extremist has been charged in Sydney with threatening a Melbourne lawyer and journalist who had written about him.
Nathan Sykes, 50, was arrested at his Brighton-Le-Sands home on Friday morning and taken to Newtown police station where he was charged with multiple offences.
He is charged with three counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence; and two counts of using a carriage service to threaten serious harm.
Nathan Sykes, 50 (pictured), was arrested at his Brighton-Le-Sands home on Friday morning and taken to Newtown police station where he was charged with multiple offences
Sykes (pictured), trying to conceal his identity with a piece of paper as he walked through Newtown, revealed large rings on each finger of his right hand
Sykes is allegedly a lieutenant of Australia's most prominent white supremacist Jim Saleam, Fairfax reported.
He was arrested over allegations he made repeated and explicit violent threats to Melbourne lawyer and journalist Luke McMahon.
Mr McMahon in 2017 claimed Sykes had used pseudonyms to harass left-wing and Muslim activists on social media and contribute to neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer.
The 50-year-old is
