A coronavirus conspiracy theorist who allegedly started a Facebook event encouraging people to protest against Victoria's strict lockdown measures is released from custody, despite fears he will continue exposing himself and others to virus risks.
"It's implausible that his conduct will not encourage others to contravene the Chief Health Officer's directions."
The court heard that following that incident, the father of one was warned he would be breaking the law if he promoted anti-lockdown rallies. The court heard that police asked Mr Pecora to surrender himself, which he did, but not before giving his laptop to a friend and attempting to give his phone to a solicitor for safekeeping.
"Not only is the applicant not complying with the Chief Health Officer's directions, the applicant is inciting others to also disregard the directions," he said.
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