<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A neo-Nazi leader accused of leading an attack on an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/indigenous" rel="" target="" title="Aboriginal "><span>Aboriginal</span></a><span>protest site has flagged a possible plea but still claims he was provoked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thomas Sewell, 32, and 13 other men faced </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> Magistrates Court today after being charged over the Camp Sovereignty incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's alleged Sewell led the group that stormed the site after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-australia-camp-sovereignty-clash/016a5889-6504-40e1-bf4f-52992d734c06" rel="" target="" title="an anti-immigration protest in the Melbourne city centre in August"><span>an anti-immigration protest in the Melbourne city centre in August</span></a><span>.</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>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/lauren-ashley-mastrosa-christian-erotic-author-wrote-child-abuse-fiction/89621091-9cff-40b8-aa4d-4579cb430aae" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Daddy's Little Toy' author found guilty of producing child abuse fiction</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The men, dressed in black, allegedly held down occupants of the Indigenous camp before kicking and punching them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three people were injured, with one woman requiring staples in her scalp to close a wound, the court was previously told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sewell and co-accused Nathan Bull, Timothy Holger Lutze, Augustus Coolie Hartigan, Ryan Williams and Blake Cathcart today each requested an adjournment to March.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/thomas-sewell-neonazi-claims-he-was-provoked-before-alleged-attack/b74c07a2-f76d-4a8a-966d-b767760a7e27" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sewell's lawyer Mathew Hopkins told the court he was in "resolution discussions" with the prosecution and they needed some time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hopkins said the facts of the case were still in dispute but the prosecutor confirmed the charges were "not necessarily in issue".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, Sewell told reporters the allegation the attack was unprovoked was disputed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>EPSTEIN FILES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-clemency-testimony-congress-howard-lutnick-usa-politics-news/d2e0f01b-45e5-48b4-a22e-4b832c8dc95f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Ghislaine Maxwell offers to exonerate Trump if she's let out of prison</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If we can agree to the facts, then I'm happy to do what's needed to be done," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This idea that I just walk around the street punching people for no reason... that's just a lie."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three of the accused - Zack Steven Dewaard, Billy Conheady and Haymish Busscher - formally pleaded not guilty to charges including violent disorder and affray.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They will each face trial in the Victorian County Court, with an initial directions hearing listed for March.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other accused - Jake Crockett, Michael Nelson, Yan Zakharin and Michael Saarinen - will fight the allegations at a magistrates court committal hearing in May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jaeden Johnson was the only one to admit offending, pleading guilty to charges of violent disorder, assault by kicking and committing an indictable offence while on bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will face a plea hearing in the County Court in August.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, a member of the public confronted Sewell over his views and called him a racist.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>