Agree, and IF he is say linked to a group such as the neo nazi’s which again is my hunch (again the hand gesture he made in the high school photo, the Ballarat NN march through the streets (in his local area but of course no proof to say he was amongst them), the violent bush attacks in Grampian on hikers by the NN group etc and the fact many of those boys in that group were seen around town in the Grampians back then were suspected as being just 16,17 or 18 years old).
And re; prison safety - I found this article from Aug 2021:
The National Socialist Network: Inside Australia’s Neo-Nazi underbelly
“… One is Danny, a man we later identify as Daniel Newman. He’s a senior Australian member of the ultra-violent and secretive international neo-Nazi terror group Combat 18, which has been banned in both Canada and the UK. Sewell tells Insider No.2 that Newman is the National Socialists’ link to skinhead gangs in Victorian jails. Any network member who found themselves inside had been promised protection.
“Danny said don’t stress, we have got Excalibur,” Sewell says, referring to a “shank [makeshift knife] apparently, like, this long”.
“They called Danny recently and I am the most loved and hated man in Barwon prison,”
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Maybe of course unrelated but IF he is linked to these types of people there are some dangerous characters. Perhaps he is protected in there or perhaps the opposite IF linked. Ie he could spill the beans on secrets from within the NN group (identities shared, information given over etc) . Perhaps he is worried of his own safety if the case. Perhaps this is why he is staying silent now until the case - because right now he may be more freely walking around in remand , and it’s more unsafe for him to be attacked if he starts being seen as giving info or naming names or similar.
Or maybe I’m off on wrong tangent of course and he is just praying his staying silent pays off and they don’t have enough to charge him. And then his staying fully silent may be his biggest protection In main prison after the trial and earns him respect by fellow inmates and the insiders of that group look out for him in there ….
And if he isn’t a NN then regardless I think in main prison after trial if found guilty he may be concerned for his safety anyway (young 22 year old well to do family , high profile case, attacks a woman, wouldn’t probably go down too well in there and he would be likely picked on I imagine?).
I’m very curious to hear if there is any link here with our suspect to these groups come November
JMOO