Nazi salute will earn ‘modest term of imprisonment’

Jacob Hersant, a self-described Nazi, talks to the media outside Melbourne Magistrates’ Court (Rod McGuirk/AP)

A self-described Nazi will become the first person in Australia sentenced to prison for performing an outlawed Nazi salute when a magistrate sets his term later his month.

Magistrate Brett Sonnet told Jacob Hersant on Wednesday he will be sentenced to a “relatively modest term of imprisonment” at a court appearance on October 23.