Adobe StockA woman who shouted a Nazi slogan while also making a fascist salute for “entertainment” has been jailed for two weeks.
Rochelle Green was spotted by a police officer outside Glasgow’s Mitchell Library on October 3 last year.
The 32-year-old went on to hit an elderly stranger on the head.
Green was convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour as well as assault following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
A police officer had become aware of Green yelling while dealing with another matter that day.
Fiscal Ross Canning asked the officer if Green shouted anything specific, and she replied: “Sieg Heil, like a Nazi chant.”
The officer added that the woman also raised her arm in “what I can describe as a Nazi salute”.
When asked if she could be mistaken, the officer replied: “No, I have seen it before, and she shouted Sieg Heil while she was doing it.”
An elderly man with shopping bags was walking past Green at the same time.
The witness said: “Green continued to shout, walked behind him, then prodded him on the back of the head. The man raised his elbow to fend her off.”
Another officer added that he saw Green stamp her feet as well as do the Nazi salute.
Green, in her evidence, told the court that she was dancing outside of the library while listening to music on her headphones.
Manjit Ram, defending, asked her if she said the phrase ‘Sieg Heil’ to which she replied: “I did.”
Miss Ram: “What was your intention?”
Green: “It was purely for entertainment value – it seems silly, but it is true.”
When asked if she made a gun motion with her fingers, Green replied: “I do not know why I would do such a thing.”
Miss Ram later asked Green if she had hit the man, and she responded: “I recoil from physical contact”.
Sheriff Vincent Lunny stated when convicting Green that a Nazi salute would “be considered threatening and abusive” as well as “cause fear and alarm.”
The sheriff added: “I am satisfied that you did make a gun gesture to the elderly man and struck him to the head.”
Green, now of Preston, Lancashire, was initially fined £500 by Sheriff Vincent Lunny.
However, as Green was unable to pay the fine, the sentence was reverted to a custodial sentence of 14 days.
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