White supremacist Thomas Sewell is facing time behind bars after a Melbourne magistrate found him guilty of a “sustained and unjustified” attack on a security guard, who was also subjected to racial abuse. Sewell, 29, had argued he was acting in self-defence when he repeatedly punched a security guard in the head outside Channel Nine’s Docklands headquarters after being refused a meeting with A Current Affair producers in March 2021. Thomas Sewell outside of court during his contested hearing. Magistrate Stephen Ballek found the security guard acted in a calm, professional and firm manner as he ushered Sewell and his friend, Jacob Hersant, away from the building before he was punched in the face six times. Sewell’s legal team had alleged the security guard grabbed Hersant around the throat, as he tried to film, but Ballek said there was no evidence this had happened. “You leapt in with sustained and unjustified violence,” Ballek said. “A strong man brutally punching an unsuspecting victim to the face. “[The victim] acted the entire time very professionally. You, on the other hand, appeared to be itching for a fight.”
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