‘NEO-NAZI’ COUPLE NAMED BABY AFTER ADOLF HITLER

TWO members of banned neoNazi group National Action named their baby after Adolf Hitler, a court heard.

Claudia Patatas, 38, and Adam Thomas, 22, allegedly gave their son the middle name Adolf in tribute to the Nazi leader. They also let a National Action member pose next to the newborn with a Swastika flag while making a “Hitler salute”, jurors were told.

National Action was declared a terrorist group in 2016 by the then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Patatas and Thomas are alleged to have been members before and after the ban.

Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson said their child was born in late 2017. He added: “One of his middle names was Adolf. Given the child was born almost a year after the ban, you may think the use of the name Adolf was of significance.”

The couple, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, deny being members of a proscribed organisation.

The trial at Birmingham crown court continues. MUM Claudia Patatas