Thomas Sewell: Neo-Nazi's vile act outside of Melbourne court after sentenced ... trends now
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Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell has avoided time behind bars over a brutal attack on a Nine Network security guard.
The 29-year-old leader of the European Australia Movement was convicted and sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order with 150 hours community service on Thursday in Melbourne Magistrates Court, where he was previously found guilty of recklessly causing injury and affray.
Sewell, who represented himself in court, asserted the incident was not racially motivated, saying he would have acted the same way regardless of the guard's race or culture in circumstances where he believed his colleague was under attack.
Thomas Sewell made a Nazi salute outside court after he avoided jail
Magistrate Stephen Ballek previously found Sewell was "itching for a fight" when he visited the Nine Network's building in Melbourne with cameraman Jacob Hersant and demanded to speak to someone from A Current Affair on March 1, 2021.
Sewell claimed a segment on the program showed his group to be terrorists
