Dennis Basic pleads guilty in Victoria’s county court to 12 charges related to anti-lockdown rallies
protester has admitted throwing a heavy traffic bollard at a female officer and hitting a police horse in the head during separate anti-lockdown rallies.
Appearing via video link from the Metropolitan Remand Centre, he also admitted illegally possessing batons, flick knives, capsicum spray and a stash of unauthorised fireworks.In October 2020, Basic was attending a protest in the Melbourne CBD, in breach of public health orders, when he tried to push past a police officer at a roadblock.He grabbed the officer, tried to get him to fight, and then ripped the officer’s police-issued baseball cap off his head.
He was charged over these offences, with officers searching his home and finding a number of illegal weapons and fireworks. Brown said the bollard was heavy and it hit her head, neck and shoulders, leaving her in pain for about two months.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningThe defence barrister, Oliver Smith, said Basic’s offending was spontaneous, unplanned and opportunistic, and his client was “emotionally charged” by the protests.
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