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Alleged Windang terrorist told police Nazi flags and tattoos not political, Supreme Court trial hears

Simon Fleming allegedly fired multiple rounds on Windang Road took two people hostage before he was arrested. (Supplied)

A man standing trial accused of carrying out a terrorist act motivated by right-wing ideologies told police a Nazi flag hanging in his bedroom and his swastika tattoos were "nothing political", a NSW Supreme Court trial has heard.

Simon Fleming was arrested in November 2021 after he allegedly took two men hostage in a dive shop in the Illawarra suburb of Windang after firing multiple rounds from a rifle on the main road.

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