Brisbane business owner faces charges over disturbing videos

A car repair owner will appear in court after allegedly sharing anti-Semitic videos on his business’s social media page.

Adam Gibbs, 42, who lives on Hope Island on the Gold Coast, has been charged with using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend.

“It will be alleged the man has made numerous posts containing anti-Semitic videos and symbols,” a Queensland Police spokesperson said.

Gibbs will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The charges relate to videos allegedly posted on the Instagram page of Panel House, a car repair business based in Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane.

Daily Mail was the first to report on the videos, which sparked widespread outrage among Jewish community leaders and prompted complaints to police.

The clips showed Gibbs sporting a fake beard, an exaggerated mustache and side locks, and a caricatured Jewish costume — while performing skits that Jewish leaders say mocked Holocaust victims and promoted anti-Semitic stereotypes.

In one video, Gibbs asked to buy “six million headlights” while holding a bag of cash, before being told he could only afford “271,000” – a reference widely condemned as trivializing the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.

Adam Gibbs, 42, who lives on Hope Island on the Gold Coast, has been charged with using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend

The clips show Gibbs wearing a fake beard, exaggerated mustache and side locks, a caricatured Jewish costume, as he performs skits that Jewish leaders say mocked Holocaust victims and promoted anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich said the allegations sent a clear message that anti-Semitism would not be tolerated.

“The man who mocked six million dead Jews must now appear in court,” he told the Daily Mail.

‘Two and a half weeks ago I wrote to the Queensland Police Commissioner demanding an investigation into a Brisbane company that had turned its Instagram into a sewer of Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic filth.

“Today that business owner was charged. A hearing date has been set.”

Dr. Abramovich said the case should serve as a warning to others who believe anti-Semitism can be hidden behind humor.

“Every anti-Semite in this country who thought they could broadcast anti-Semitism and call it comedy just learned a new lesson,” he said.

‘You’re not safe. You’re not smart. You are not entertainment. You are a defendant.

“This is the message sent today to every keyboard, camera and social media account in this country that thinks Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism are punch lines: Australia is watching.

The charges relate to videos allegedly posted on the Instagram page of Panel House, a car repair business based in Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane.

‘The law is watching. And there are consequences.”

He rejected the claim that the videos should be protected as free speech.

“For two and a half years, Jewish Australians were told the abuse was just speech,” Dr Abramovich said.

“Today that lie was buried in Queensland. Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism are not freedom of speech. They are dressed up in costume incitement to genocide.’

Dr. Abramovich thanked police and the public who reported the contents.

“I thank the Queensland Police Service. “I thank Commissioner Brett Pointing,” he said.

“I thank every Australian who refused to scroll past, who pressed report, who picked up the phone, who said this is not who we are.

“To all the other anti-Semites in Australia hiding behind a username, a logo, a brand: today’s news is for you.”