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Australian jailed for Nazi salute
Jacob Hersant speaks outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court in Melbourne, Australia, November 8, 2024, before his is sentenced after he was convicted for performing the Nazi salute

A SELF-DESCRIBED Nazi became the first person in Australia to be sentenced to prison for performing an outlawed salute when he was ordered by a magistrate today to spend one month behind bars.

Jacob Hersant is also the first person in the state of Victoria to be convicted of giving the Nazi salute. The gesture has been outlawed nationwide since he committed the offence.

He was convicted at Melbourne magistrates’ court last month of performing the straight-armed salute before news cameras outside Victoria County Court on October 27 2023.

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