A senior neo-Nazi has been refused bail after a magistrate rejected claims his alleged rape threats against federal MP Allegra Spender were a ‘philosophical term of art.’ Bondi-based Joel Davis, a high-ranking Sydney member of the National Socialist Network, is charged with using a carriage service to harass a federal parliamentarian. He was taken into custody after allegedly urging members of a Telegram group chat to ‘rhetorically rape’ independent Wentworth Teal MP Allegra Spender. Police allege Davis made the threat after Spender condemned the group for holding a police-authorised rally outside the NSW Parliament on November 8. But Davis’ barrister Sebastian De Brennan argued there was an innocent explanation behind Davis’ social media post. Appearing at the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday and Thursday, Mr De Brennan sought bail for Davis and tendered supporting material, including a sworn affidavit. ‘The affidavit annexes some literature that goes some way, in my submission, to explaining that what he said on social media was in fact a philosophical term of art,’ De Brennan said. Davis has been in custody for almost two months, with his lawyer arguing the bail application was urgent due to changed circumstances, ‘not least of which is delay’.
via daily mail: Read the sickening excuse an eastern suburbs Neo-Nazi has given for allegedly making vile ‘rape’ threats against a Teal MP