A man police say is the leader of the Australian nationalist socialist movement has been granted bail as he awaits trial on allegations he attacked and robbed a group of hikers in regional Victoria
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Mr Sewell is accused of punching and smashing a car window. Police allege the neo-Nazis demanded the hikers hand over their phones before they were allowed to drive away. Detective Acting Sergeant Michael Taylor, of Victoria Police’s counter-terrorism unit, said on Monday investigators were concerned Mr Sewell had a large online following and that if granted bail, he could have the hikers targeted before the trial. Some of Mr Sewell’s supporters watched this week’s online hearings.
But defence counsel James McQuillan submitted on Monday there were “a number of hypotheses” on how Mr Sewell might have injured his hand, and that the accused was prepared to give an account at trial.
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