国家社会主义网络领导人Thomas Sewell拒绝休庭, 尽管允许希特勒保留Mein Kampf, 他将在2023年一次白人至高无上抗争中亲自出庭受审。
Thomas Sewell, leader of the National Socialist Network, denied an adjournment and will self-represent in his trial over a 2023 white supremacist protest, despite being allowed to keep Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
国家社会主义网络领导人托马斯·休厄尔(Thomas Sewell)将被允许在即将因攻击行为而受审期间保留一份阿道夫·希特勒的《我的我的奋斗》,尽管检方反对。
Thomas Sewell, leader of the National Socialist Network, will be allowed to keep a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf during his upcoming trial for offensive behaviour, despite prosecution objections.
Sewell在10月24日的拘留录像中, Sewell要求休庭, 以三起与12月3日、2023年12月3日有关的指控获得法律代理, 抗议Ballarat的Eureka Stockade纪念花园, 他被控在白人至上者口号中带领蒙面人。
Appearing via video from custody on October 24, Sewell sought an adjournment to secure legal representation for three charges tied to a December 3, 2023, protest at Ballarat’s Eureka Stockade Memorial Gardens, where he is accused of leading masked individuals in white supremacist chanting.
Ronald Saines法官拒绝休庭,称其为最后一分钟的请求,并裁定Sewell必须自我代表。
Magistrate Ronald Saines denied the adjournment, calling it a last-minute request, and ruled Sewell must self-represent.
法院还驳回了Sewell的说法,即属于其他成员Jacob Hersant的一台笔记本电脑含有相关证据,认为录像无关紧要。
The court also rejected Sewell’s claim that a laptop belonging to fellow member Jacob Hersant contained relevant evidence, deeming the footage immaterial.
法官在允许Sewell保留Mein Kampf的同时, 质疑控方使用一名德国历史教授作为专家证人的计划, 认为一般人应该明白这种行为的冒犯性。
While allowing Sewell to keep Mein Kampf, the magistrate questioned the prosecution’s plan to use a German history professor as an expert witness, saying the offensiveness of the conduct should be clear to an ordinary person.
审判将于10月27日开始。
The trial is set to begin on October 27.