UK jails neo-Nazi couple who named baby after Hitler
A court in the UK has jailed a couple who promoted neo-Nazi ideas and even named their new-born baby after Germany’s Nazi-era dictator Adolf Hitler.
The jailed sentence issued on Tuesday in Birmingham Crown Court saw Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, jailed for six years and six months for being a member of National Action, a banned far-right organization in the UK.
The judge said the two persons had “a long history of violent racist beliefs”.
“Its aims and objectives are the overthrow of democracy in this country by serious violence and murder, and the imposition of a Nazi-style state which would eradicate whole sections of society by such violence and mass murder,” said Melbourne Inman after handing down the sentences.
The court also said the couple had chosen Adolf as a middle name for their new-born son, with the father, Thomas, saying it was in admiration of Hitler. They had also cushions in their home with signs of swastika.
Reports earlier last week suggested that the couple had also given instructions to their other child, a daughter, to give a Nazi salute, a practice that was once a norm in Hitler-dominated Germany.
Inman also sentenced Darren Fletcher, a friend of the couple, to five years behind bars, saying he had also admitted being a member of the National Action. Three others were given lighter sentences for same offences.
Far-right sentiments have surged in the UK over the past years with extremist groups using the immigration of refugees into Europe as an excuse to preach hate. There has also been an increase in hate crime activity across the UK with Muslims being a main target.
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