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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Police allege man charged with hate speech at Sydney protest has links to disbanded neo-Nazi group

Brandan Koschel attends an anti-immigration March for Australia rally on Australia Day in Sydney.
The court heard that Koschel was wearing a black shirt with a ‘Celtic cross’, a known neo-Nazi symbol, and during a speech he hailed Thomas Sewell, the former leader of a now disbanded neo-Nazi group.
Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/EPA

Police have alleged in court that there is information online that suggests a man charged under hate speech laws after an alleged antisemitic comment during a speech at an anti-immigration rally yesterday has links to or may have been a member of a now disbanded neo-Nazi group.

Brandan Koschel was refused bail and remanded in custody after he appeared before the NSW bail division court on Tuesday from custody before magistrate Daniel Convington.

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