Twenty-five-year-old pleaded not guilty to performing gesture about six days after state outlawed it
who became the first person charged with performing the Nazi salute in Victoria has been found guilty of the offence.Video played to the Melbourne magistrates court showed Hersant performing the salute in front of journalists and camera crews outside the county court.
Hersant claimed he had not performed the salute and, even if he had, the charge was constitutionally invalid as the gesture was a legitimate form of political expression. The magistrate said Hersant altered the way he raised his arm to avoid being charged but he still intended to perform the salute.
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