<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man seen mimicking the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi massacre"><span>Bondi massacre</span></a><span> before spouting slurs against Jewish people has been jailed - but his lawyer says he's not anti-semitic.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zayne Jason William McMillan, 23, was heavily intoxicated when he and a friend went to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-beach" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi Beach"><span>Bondi Beach</span></a><span>, six weeks after the Islamic State-inspired mass shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(The shooting) was horrific, it was gut-wrenching, it was just a developing ongoing drama and trauma," said Judge Michael Barko in sentencing the First Nations man today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-21-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/a3b27603-36a5-443f-95e6-016216aef1ad" rel="" target="_blank" title="'Complete and total obliteration': Trump's fresh threat to Iran"><strong><span>'Complete and total obliteration': Trump's fresh threat to Iran</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McMillan was seen on January 31 on the same </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi"><span>Bondi</span></a><span> footbridge posing as though he held a long-arm firearm while his friend took photographs, agreed facts seen by AAP say.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Judge Barko gave him a 12-month jail sentence, with a non-parole period of nine months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier, defence barrister Stephen Alexander said his client was not an ideological anti-Semite.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/man-mimicking-bondi-shooting-jailed/aa50bbdd-41c7-4b01-92f5-bd4b92af4e0a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What he did say was anti-Semitic but he didn't go out of his way to be an anti-Semite," Alexander said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He does not consider himself as being a racist towards the Jewish community."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Judge Barko rejected this, noting McMillan had singled out Jews during his 35-minute tirade.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Not one other faith, belief or culture was referred to," the judge said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 23-year-old Dubbo man watched the sentencing by audiovisual link from Shortland prison near Cessnock, stroking his goatee while Judge Barko spoke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The bricklayer received a discounted sentence after earlier pleading guilty to three counts of offensive behaviour in a public place and two counts of intimidation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will be eligible for release on November 3.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/staff-pin-alleged-thief-to-ground-after-valuable-pokemon-card-nabbed-ravenhall-melbourne/4da76bb3-309b-4e7f-9fe5-7f959801826f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Staff pin alleged thief to ground after valuable Pokemon card nabbed</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the footbridge, the First Nations bricklayer yelled, "F--- the Jews".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm a Koori I can do what I like," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McMillan then verbally threatened a 47-year-old man walking by with his family after they made eye-contact.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Do you wanna f---ing go? I'll f---in bash ya. This is my f---in land," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 23-year-old rode a bicycle to Waverley Oval where he intimidated a second visibly Jewish victim walking with his son to a synagogue by yelling anti-Semitic remarks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He rode onto Bondi Junction where he continued yelling racist slurs after falling off his bike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was arrested by NSW Police on February 4.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alexander told the court today the incident was sparked by someone responding to his client yelling, "Free Palestine" on the footbridge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You're stealing land and killing woman and children ... just like the white man," he allegedly said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The barrister said his client had taken a mix of alcohol, ketamine, MDMA and magic mushrooms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WATCH:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/port-melbourne-alleged-brawl/3a42266c-207f-42dd-8016-17cc94dcdbcc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Masked youths carry out broad daylight attack with machetes, sledgehammer</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A psychologist had also provisionally diagnosed the bricklayer with a complex post traumatic background due to a deprived childhood.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Judge Barko noted McMillan was on parole at the time, breaching conditions imposed by taking illicit substances and committing further offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, Alexander told reporters the sentence imposed was a pretty fair outcome.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My client's pretty pleased with it," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He'll just get on with his life and hopefully will do a lot better when he comes out."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In March, the Local Court heard McMillan wanted to apologise to the court for his conduct.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A direct apology did not occur today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McMillan's friend has been charged over the incident with a warrant out for his arrest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Accused terrorist Naveed Akram and his father Sajid opened fire during Hannukah celebrations at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fifteen people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, and 40 people were injured, while Sajid Akram was shot dead by police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across 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