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Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell and three others have pleaded guilty to violent disorder in relation to an alleged attack on an Indigenous protest camp in Melbourne in August 2025. The men, dressed in black, allegedly held down occupants of the Indigenous camp before kicking and punching them, causing injury to five people. Sewell and the other three men - Jake Crockett, Michael Saarinen and Nathan Bull - will return to court on November 9. Bull has also pleaded guilty to a second charge of failing to provide his name or address to a police officer. Five other men have admitted to their roles in the attack and will face a pre-sentence hearing in November. Two others will contest their charges at trial.
The incident at the Indigenous protest site in King’s Domain occurred after an anti-immigration protest in Melbourne’s city centre. The defence said witnesses would be called to provide their accounts about what other people were doing and their behaviours surrounding the incident. Sewell said his group was provoked and suggested the average Australian would have responded the same way.
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