Neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant freed on bail as he appeals one-month jail sentence for Hitler salute in Melbourne

Twenty-five-year-old the first Victorian convicted of intentionally performing the gesture in public

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An Australian far-right extremist has walked out of a Melbourne court on bail after being sentenced to one month in jail for performing an illegal Nazi salute.

Last month Jacob Hersant, 25, became the first Victorian convicted of intentionally performing the salute in public and chanting heil Hitler." He faced the Melbourne magistrates court on Friday morning dressed in a navy blue suit.

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