A senior member of a far-right white supremacist group has taken his own life while facing charges over an ambush at an Indigenous encampment in Melbourne. National Socialist Network member Timothy Lutze, 36, was expected to face court over the attack at Camp Sovereignty in August last year. Charges have now been officially withdrawn and the matter finalised. The Victorian County Court confirmed his death on Tuesday morning during a directions hearing in relation to the Camp Sovereignty incident. The former gym owner and boxer was a senior member of the now-disbanded NSN alongside Thomas Sewell and white supremacist Nathan Bull. Sewell and Bull had their bail conditions altered on Tuesday so that they could attend Lutze’s funeral on Wednesday. An online obituary prompted several tributes. ‘Before all this, he was a boxing trainer. He’s a good bloke. Different political opinions should never warrant any harm,’ one man commented. Lutze’s death was discussed online last week, where a member of the white supremacist group in Western Australia called for ‘respect’ and for the death not to be discussed.
via daily mail: Senior neo-Nazi takes his own life while facing charges over Indigenous camp ambush
siehe auch: Prominent Victorian neo-Nazi Timothy Lutze takes own life amid court proceedings for attack on Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty A senior member of Australia’s white supremacist National Socialist Network has taken his own life, but the NSN is silent. A prominent member of the Victorian chapter of the far-right white supremacist National Socialist Network has died amid claims he took his own life. Timothy Lutze, 36, was facing charges relating to the alleged attack on Melbourne’s indigenous encampment Camp Sovereignty which occurred during a controversial March for Australia protest in August last year. The former gym owner and boxer, who has a wife and children, was a senior member of the now-disbanded NSN alongside Thomas Sewell, who is also facing charges related to the Camp Sovereignty incident. A matter involving Mr Lutze before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court was finalised last Friday and charges were withdrawn but it was not clear why. In the Victorian County Court on Tuesday morning, as several individuals including Mr Sewell and fellow white supremacist Nathan Bull appeared for a directions hearing for the Camp Sovereignty matters, Mr Lutze’s death was confirmed by a judge.
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