 In addition, the case included counts of hate speech, criminal association, coercion, and damage to private property.The charges came after police raids the previous month, in which the houses of several members of the group, including the house of the leader, Martin Sellner, who was one of those charged following the prosecutors' announcement.After an extensive court trial in the town of Graz, the accused 17 were found not guilty of the charges for hate speech and of having formed a criminal organisation made against them.