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Man jailed for posting anti-semitic video online

published by Tyler Durden on Sun, 2011-02-06 11:54

The Jewish victim of a verbal racial attack that was posted in a video online says a three-year prison term given to the man who called him a "racist, homicidal maniac" outside a Perth supermarket is not enough.

Brendan Lee O'Connell, 40, was sentenced in the District Court in Perth yesterday after being found guilty on Friday of six racial hatred charges.

Chuckling and smiling as the counts were read out to him, O'Connell appeared unaffected by the sentence handed down by Judge Henry Wisbey.

O'Connell represented himself before a jury after firing the lawyer who had been defending him against an accusation that he posted an anti-semitic video online.

He faced seven charges related to the posting of a verbal altercation he had with Stanley Keyser and Timothy Peach, who are Jewish, and was found guilty on six.

An argument broke out between the three men at an IGA supermarket in South Perth on May 2, 2009, where a Friends of Palestine group was holding a protest against Israeli oranges.

O'Connell was using a video camera at the event and in a video he later posted online, he labelled Mr Keyser a "racist, homicidal maniac".

"You have a religion of racism, hate, homicide and ethnic cleansing," he said in the video.

During the trial, O'Connell refused to acknowledge Judge Wisbey when he entered the court and, instead, rose to bow to the jury.

Judge Wisbey said O'Connell showed no remorse and his behaviour "was that of a bully".

About a dozen supporters in the court cheered when O'Connell labelled the proceedings "a kangaroo court" and gave a long, repetitive rant about the King James Bible and the Constitution.

As he was led out of court, O'Connell shouted: "Don't forget about the Gazans!"

Outside court, Mr Keyser said O'Connell had forced him to "suffer" for 18 months.

"I wish he was in [prison] for longer," he said as he rushed passed reporters.

Family friend Steve Lieblich told reporters it was a "very distressing" time for the Keyser family who were happy to have it over.

get the full story at the Sydney Morning Herald (31 Jan 2011)

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Comments

Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Wed, 2011-02-09 02:48.

[Keyser] Family friend Steve Lieblich told reporters it was a "very distressing" time for the Keyser family who were happy to have it over.

There's something I didn't know. Lieblich is a major player for the Australian Zionist lobby (including but not limited to AIJAC), so if the Keyser family were indeed friends with Lieblich prior to this episode, it's no wonder such a big deal was made out of such a minor altercation.

On the other hand, regarding the outrageousness of the prison sentence handed to him, O'Connell did everything he could to earn it in the courtroom, and his level best to garner the contempt of the jury (dancing, chuckling, mocking the magistrate etc). I've wondered all along if O'Connell was actually seeking a prison sentence (he got himself arrested on my street whilst out on bail, for example, fired his lawyer to represent himself and went to extraordinary lengths to make enemies of the WA police [the prosecution] in the lead-up to the trial), and his conduct in court has done nothing to allay that suspicion.

A prison sentence is outrageous but a dangerous precendent has been set, thanks to this deliberately reckless saboteur. Bottom line: nobody has harmed the West Australian Palestine solidarity movement and deligitimised the Australian anti-Zionist scene more than Brendon Lee O'Connell.

Submitted by musique on Sat, 2011-02-12 06:44.

Me thinks ... he will go to prison and a "benevolent" rabbi will appear and transform Brandy to denounce  his "wicked" ways. Thus Brandy will become the reformed poster child.

That happened before many times. 

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