SA Men’s Health Club members stage fascist protest on steps of Adelaide courthouse before Cameron Brodie-Hall’s appearance
Far-right extremists have hidden their faces while bragging online over a “protest” almost identical to a disgraceful nazi stunt at Adelaide’s Holocaust Museum.
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Far-right thugs posted a photo of themselves on the steps of an Adelaide court, calling for their alleged leader’s freedom, ahead of his failed bid for bail.
In the image, members of the SA Men’s Health Club – allegedly a front for the National Socialist Network extremist group – pose outside the Adelaide Magistrates Court.
The men, who blurred their faces in their photograph, carry a banner calling for the release of “political prisoners” – a reference to Cameron Brodie-Hall who, SA Police allege, is their leader.
The Advertiser can also reveal police believe the same neo-nazi group is responsible for an near-identical incident outside the Adelaide Holocaust Museum last week.
The show of support provided Mr Brodie-Hall little help inside court as he was refused bail for a second time.
His counsel insisted their client posed no risk to the community despite his fingerprint having been found inside a book of assassination, sabotage and terror-bombing instructions.
They said he would live “under the care and protection of his mother” – a submission that drew concern from the state’s chief magistrate, Judge Mary-Louise Hribal.
She noted Mr Brodie-Hall had past convictions for extremism offences and had been referred to counselling and treatment.
“Was he ‘under the care and protection of his mother’ when he was prosecuted for that offending?” she asked.
Told that was so, Judge Hribal replied: “I don’t need to hear further – bail is refused.”
Mr Brodie-Hall, 20, of Mansfield Park, is charged with terrorism offences alongside Jackson Trevor Pay, 22, and Duncan Robert Cromb, 37, of Modbury.
The court has previously heard Mr Pay and Mr Cromb are seeking to broker plea bargains over their charges, while Mr Brodie-Hall claims he has no case to answer.
On Wednesday, James Caldicott, for Mr Brodie-Hall, said it was wrong to characterise his client as a risk to the community due to views he may or may not hold.
He said concerns raised by the Department for Correctional Services, about the safety of it staff in dealing with Mr Brodie-Hall, were “unfounded”.
“The Department’s report notes there was a Swastika found on the wall of his cell,” he said.
“There is no evidence to suggest he put it there … my instructions are it was there when he went into the cell back in February.”
Judge Hribal refused to release Mr Brodie-Hall, citing his “risk of reoffending and the need for the protection of the community”.
He will face court again, alongside his co-accused, in two weeks’ time.