Adelaide man convicted of assault performs Nazi salute at court

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A man who was convicted over a "violent and unwarranted" assault in Adelaide's CBD has performed the Nazi salute outside court. The 29-year-old's motive was not mentioned in court after he took an early guilty plea, but the ABC has obtained encrypted messages which detail his links to national socialist networks.

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00:00 Leaving court, Kane Brennad-Reynolds opted to cover his face, but didn't shy away from

00:07 the camera.

00:09 Are you a Nazi Kane?

00:11 The 29-year-old was convicted of assault causing harm over this incident in May, but the Adelaide

00:17 Magistrates Court did not examine his links to white supremacist groups because he took

00:23 an early guilty plea.

00:25 CCTV footage shows Brennad-Reynolds is confronted by a man after placing stickers across the

00:31 city. He then pushes the man to the ground and kicks him in the head.

00:35 Do you have any words for the victim who you kicked in the head?

00:42 The court did not discuss the material on the stickers, but the ABC has obtained messages

00:47 from a telegram channel which shares posts from accounts linked to South Australia's

00:53 National Socialist Network.

00:55 The channel shares a username with a now-deleted Instagram account which featured multiple

01:00 photos and videos of Brennad-Reynolds. A post in September reads, "People used to look

01:06 both ways before crossing the road. Now it's look both ways before taking down a racist

01:12 sticker in Adelaide."

01:14 The same day when Brennad-Reynolds was spared jail time, a post read, "One of our members'

01:19 strongest soldiers is freed."

01:21 CCTV of the incident shows the victim thrown to the ground twice and sustaining multiple

01:27 blows to the head, but in the end, he's the one who chases his attackers away. Magistrate

01:33 Simon Smart opted to suspend Brennad-Reynolds' three-month prison sentence.

01:38 People can fall to the ground and kill themselves quite easily after being hit in the head,

01:43 so it was a foolish, dangerous and stupid thing to do.

01:47 His co-accused in the assault, Martin Quinn, was fined $1,000 with no conviction recorded

01:53 for throwing a series of punches.

01:55 What stickers were you placing up in the city at that time?

01:57 We weren't placing up stickers, sir. We were confronted by a man for no reason.

02:03 The ABC is not suggesting Quinn has any links to white supremacist groups.

02:08 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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