A Sydney father has been jailed for one year for calling Jews the “greatest enemy to this nation” in a 40-second Australia Day speech.
Brandan Koschel, 31, pleaded guilty last week to publicly inciting hatred on the grounds of race, and appeared in Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday by videolink from custody.
Magistrate Sharon Freund said if not for his early guilty plea she would have sentenced Koschel to 16 months’ imprisonment for the statements, saying a custodial sentence was necessary to deter others and “protect social cohesion”.
She highlighted Koschel’s lack of apology, remorse or contrition, and set a non-parole period of nine months, backdated to Koschel’s arrest on January 26, making him eligible for release on October 25.
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