Perth woman's nightclub Nazi salute costs her $1000 fine and her job
Theresa Plunkett-Hill, 43, was sentenced on Thursday in Perth Magistrates Court for making a Nazi gesture that would be visible in a public place.
The court heard Plunkett-Hill had been on a night out on July 10 when she was asked to leave Connections nightclub because she had had too much to drink.
Plunkett-Hill claimed she did not understand why she had been asked to leave and began arguing about the decision out the front of the building with a German security guard.
She then raised her right arm and said, 'heil Hitler' three times, which she claimed was not aimed at the nightclub employee.
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After the police arrived, she performed the same movement again, and was arrested.
On Thursday, her lawyer told the court Plunkett-Hill had performed the gesture out of 'frustration' and didn't know it was illegal, adding she had 'learnt a lot from this process'.
It was also revealed Plunkett-Hill had been let go from her receptionist role at an Indigenous organisation due to media coverage over the incident.
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