A neo-Nazi accused of directing supporters to "rhetorically rape" a federal politician will remain behind bars, as federal police crackdown on threats and harassment against elected officials.
Joel Davis, 30, appeared before Sydney magistrate Daniel Covington on Friday, when he was denied bail.
The National Socialist Network mouthpiece allegedly used a carriage service to encourage abuse and hate towards independent Wentworth MP Allegra Spender.
Davis is accused of calling on supporters to "rhetorically rape" the parliamentarian in an encrypted online platform after she condemned the group for holding a rally to "abolish the Jewish lobby" outside the NSW parliament earlier in November.
Representing Davis, Liam McKibbin told the online court hearing his client's pregnant partner was due

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