Daniel Muston leaves Downing Centre local court in Sydney after pleading not guilty to behaving in an offensive manner in public after allegedly performing a Nazi salute near the Sydney Jewish Museum.Daniel Muston leaves Downing Centre local court in Sydney after pleading not guilty to behaving in an offensive manner in public after allegedly performing a Nazi salute near the Sydney Jewish Museum.
Muston’s lawyer, Bryan Wrench, told Sydney’s Downing Centre local court that the NSW premier, Chris Minns, had forgiven his predecessor for wearing a Nazi uniform to a party as a young man but was now pursuing an “authoritative use of power” against his client. The solicitor added the men had no links to Nazi groups or history of sympathising with the fascist ideology and had no related paraphernalia on them at the time of the alleged offending.
The arrest came amid community tension over the escalating conflict in Gaza, including multiple examples of alleged antisemitic rhetoric and behaviour.