Judge finds neither Nikola Marko Gasparovic nor Dominik Sieben’s actions at 2022’s soccer final were Nazi-related but upholds Marijan Lisica’s conviction
Nikola Marko Gasparovic, Dominik Sieben and Marijan Lisica said their gesture at the 2022 match between Sydney United 58 and Macarthur FC was a Croatian symbol of pride.Nikola Marko Gasparovic, Dominik Sieben and Marijan Lisica said their gesture at the 2022 match between Sydney United 58 and Macarthur FC was a Croatian symbol of pride.
They were convicted and fined $500 in June after a Parramatta local court magistrate found them each guilty of one count of publicly displaying a Nazi symbol without a reasonable excuse.under laws that made it a criminal office to knowingly display a Nazi symbol in public without a reasonable excuse.In court, they all argued that the gesture was not linked to Nazi Germany but was a symbol of Croatian national pride.
She pointed to evidence from Kristy Campion, a senior lecturer in terrorism studies from Charles Sturt University, who said the salute needed to be “triangulated” with other things such as clothing or chants to determine if it was Nazi symbolism. On Monday, she also overturned the conviction and fine for Seiben, who attended the final wearing a Croatian water polo cap and with a national flag draped over his shoulders.
The painter had worn army camouflage to the soccer match and held a large hand-made Croatian flag with the phrase “za dom”, meaning “for homeland”.
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