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Lucy Skoulding

Brit dad jailed for secret past as neo-Nazi recruiter for hate group National Action

A man convicted of acting as "head of propaganda" for a banned neo-Nazi terror group set up to wage a race war in Britain has received an extended 10-year prison sentence.

Ben Raymond, 32, co-founded the "unapologetically racist" organisation National Action in 2013.

It promoted ethnic cleansing, as well as attacks on LGBTQ+ people and liberals.

The group was banned under terror legislation in December 2016, becoming the first far-right group to be proscribed since the British Union of Fascists in 1940.

After the move by the Home Office, Raymond, from Swindon in Wiltshire, helped National Action morph into a new group called NS131 - National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action.

Raymond was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court (PA)

At Bristol Crown Court, Judge Christopher Parker QC sentenced Raymond to an eight-year prison sentence and two-year extended period on licence.

Judge Parker told Raymond he would serve five years and four months' imprisonment before he could be considered for parole.

The group was racist as well as promoting attacks on LGBTQ people and liberals (PA)
He is the 17th member of the white supremacist group to be convicted (PA)

Raymond was also convicted for having a manifesto by Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik and for possessing a guide on making homemade detonators.

The judge said Raymond was in essence "grooming" young people through his role as propaganda chief in the group.

Raymond is now the 17th member of the white supremacist group to be convicted.

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