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- Jacob Hersant was sentenced to one month in jail for performing a Nazi salute, the first prison term for this offense in Australia.
- Judge Simon Moglia upheld the conviction, calling Hersant's gesture contemptuous and harmful to the Jewish community and minorities.
- The defense sought leniency, but the judge said the act was calculated to provoke and occurred before the media, resulting in a $1,000 fine for breaching his corrections order.
