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Jacob Hersant, Nathan Bull: Neo-Nazis accused of Ku Klux Klan, black face Halloween act
Liam Beatty - February 3, 2026
Two Melbourne neo-Nazis have been accused of engaging in grossly offensive conduct after an alleged Halloween incident, a court has been told.
Jacob Hersant, 26, and Nathan Bull, 24, were charged by police in October last year after they were allegedly captured on video walking around Melbourne abusing people on October 31, 2024.
It’s alleged Mr Hersant was dressed as a Ku Klux Klan Klansman while Mr Bull was in blackface with a noose around his neck.
The pair have been charged with engaging in grossly offensive public conduct and conduct likely to incite serious contempt. Neither has been required to enter pleas to the charges.
Mr Hersant is a former Victorian leader of neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network, which claims to have disbanded due to new hate group laws, while Mr Bull was a high-profile member of the group.
They were due to return before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday, however, only Mr Hersant attended, leading magistrate Carolyn Burnside to issue a warrant for Mr Bull’s arrest.
Representing himself, Mr Hersant requested an adjournment to speak with a lawyer he’d recently engaged.
He told the court he intended to plead not guilty to the charges.
Ms Burnside was told police had prepared a 570-page brief of evidence in the matter which, due to a quirk of the law around the charges, had to be signed off by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
She said the allegations were “so serious” and, if made out, represented “blatant racism”.
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