12 Facts About Blair Cottrell

Blair Cottrell was born on November 1989 and is an Australian far-right extremist and neo-Nazi.

Blair Cottrell was a founding member of the United Patriots Front and the Lads Society.

Blair Cottrell has been convicted and served prison time for stalking, arson, illegal sales of steroids, and burglary.

In October 2015, Blair Cottrell replaced Shermon Burgess as chairman of the United Patriots Front, and is a founding member of the Lads Society.

In September 2016, Cottrell was a guest on the ABC Hack Live show.

Blair Cottrell lodged an appeal, applying for his case to be heard in the High Court of Australia and arguing that he had been charged under an "invalid law".

Blair Cottrell had distanced himself from Tarrant and denounced his attacks, stating he didn't know him.

Blair Cottrell conceded it was possible that a UPF member did meet him at one point.

In 2012, Blair Cottrell served four months in Port Phillip Prison after being convicted of stalking his ex-girlfriend and her new partner, and of arson after attempting to burn down the man's house.

Blair Cottrell has been convicted of charges of inciting hatred against Muslim communities.

In 2015, Blair Cottrell stated on Facebook a desire to see a portrait of Adolf Hitler hung in Australian classrooms and for copies of Mein Kampf to be "issued annually" to students, and has made anti-Semitic and racist comments in support of Nazism.

In 2018, Blair Cottrell openly advocated for Remigration, calling for the Deportation of "enemies of my country" and the execution of immigrants who refused to leave.