Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been refused bail on allegations he ordered his followers to attack people at a sacred Indigenous site, with a magistrate finding there were no bail conditions she could impose to keep Victorians safe.

Magistrate Donna Bakos told Sewell and a courtroom full of his supporters that she considered the case against him strong and his alleged actions “extremely serious conduct”.

Thomas Sewell was arrested outside a Melbourne court on Tuesday. Credit: Paul Rovere

Sewell was charged over an alleged unprovoked attack on people at Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne’s Kings Domain on Sunday that left one woman needing staples to secure a head laceration and others with minor wounds.

“People have a right to go about their lives without being confronted by hateful speech,

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