The judge said Arps had compared himself to Rudolf Hess, a Nazi leader under Adolf Hitler. The judge said Arps had strong and unrepentant views about the Muslim community and had, in effect, committed a hate crime. Philip Arps had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video, which was livestreamed on Facebook by a gunman on March 15 as he began killing 51 people at two mosques.Ĭhristchurch District Court Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said that when questioned about the video, Arps had described it as 'awesome' and had shown no empathy toward the victims.