A Hobart teenager who bragged on Facebook about bashing an Asian man will spend 11 months in jail.
James Ernest Davey, 18, and five of his friends attacked a Korean man and his wife as they withdrew money from an ATM in the Hobart mall in December.
The Supreme Court in Hobart heard the teenagers yelled racist remarks at the couple a short time before the attack.
The tourists had only been in Tasmania for a few hours.
Justice Alan Blow said the Korean couple have every reason to think they were victims of a racist attack and not just an ordinary robbery.
The court heard the teenagers also bashed another man unconscious in Franklin Square earlier in the evening.
Davey was sentenced to 16 months in prison for both assaults, with five months suspended.
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