Bailed neo-Nazi's call to free accused war criminal

Joel Davis
Joel Davis now faces 10 counts of using a carriage service to menace or offend. -AAP Image

A prominent Neo-Nazi accused of harassing female politicians and leaders has thrown his support behind jailed alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith outside court.

Joel Thomas Davis, 31, appeared at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday less than a week after being released on bail.

He was hit with further charges, meaning he now faces 10 counts of using a carriage service to menace or offend.

Outside court the further allegations did not faze Davis.

He declined to talk to reporters about his case, instead veering off to discuss the "Ben Roberts-Smith situation".

He questioned "what kind of a country prosecutes its war heroes" for allegedly avenging brothers-in-arms.

"Free Ben Roberts-Smith," he then shouted before walking off.

Australia's most decorated living soldier was arrested on Tuesday and charged over multiple alleged war crimes while serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.

Davis joins One Nation leader Pauline Hanson in publicly backing the 47-year-old Victoria Cross holder after his arrest.

"I remain steadfast in my support of Ben Roberts-Smith despite news of his arrest today," the senator wrote on X on Tuesday.

"Ben, his immediate and broader defence family need the Australian people's support right now and I will not abandon him like so many other politicians."

Davis has not entered pleas to his charges, which relate to a three-month spate of Telegram messages sent between September and November 2025.

This includes to a group chat called Psyop Oz and an individual using the username Ausryan, court documents seen by AAP reveal.

His alleged online crimes entail calling for the "rhetorical rape" of independent Wentworth MP Allegra Spender.

The parliamentarian had condemned the since-disbanded National Socialist Network for holding a police-authorised rally outside the NSW parliament in November.

Davis - a key Sydney ally of the network's leader Thomas Sewell - claims he was using a "philosophical term of art" in the post.

On April 2, the NSW Supreme Court was told Davis allegedly commented "stupid b**** needs to be beaten" on an article about NSW Liberal leader Kellie Sloane.

He also allegedly wrote "must rape" on an article about eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant.