Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\nHe pleaded guilty to knowingly directing a criminal group and six counts of being an accessory before the fact to property destruction.<\/p>\n
He organised for stolen cars to be used in the attacks, explained how to make and use molotov cocktails, arranged for handguns to be passed on, and coordinated drop-off points.<\/p>\n
While accepting he was remorseful and not motivated by race, magistrate Jennifer Atkinson rejected his reasons for the offending.<\/p>\n
His ownership of a Porsche implied he was not without financial resources, she noted.<\/p>\n
Alexander was motivated by financial reward and knew the offences would create fear in the Australian Jewish community and beyond, the magistrate found.<\/p>\n
The series of attacks was a deliberate tactic to divide Australian Arabs and Jewish communities to further the overseas masterminds\u2019 aims, Atkinson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe immense distress already being experienced in the Jewish community was compounded day by day throughout the month of January,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese events were also an attack on Australian society generally, by persons from outside our community. They were intended to divide our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
He played a crucial role for the overseas meddlers, who would have no way of influencing events in Australia without people like Alexander willing to enact their plans.<\/p>\n
Alexander did not react as<\/p>\n
the magistrate delivered the sentence.<\/p>\n
He will be eligible for parole in mid-2028.<\/p>\n
The head sentence is the highest term available to a NSW magistrate for any set of offences.<\/p>\n
Ryvchin, whose former home was defaced in the attacks, said he believed the sentence was appropriate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis man\u2019s decision to target a childcare centre and a family home made people fear for their lives and the safety of their children,\u201d the Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey made Jewish Australians question their place in this country and change patterns of behaviour between Jews and non-Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Porsche-driving middleman has been sentenced to five years\u2019 jail for managing a series of antisemitic attacks designed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-533422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}