The co-founder of the neo-Nazi terror group Alex Davies was found guilty today (May 17) of belonging to the group after its proscription in December 2016.
The racist militant agitations peaked in 2015 with violence in Liverpool (as they worked with Polish neo-fascists) and Dover, with members of National Action aligning with other small fascist groups to attack anti-fascist protesters on both occasions. Its leadership carefully cultivated and policed the uniform of it members to foster group image. One former member of note cited in the ITV was Garron Helm ( jailed in 2014 for sending racist tweets to the then Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger). Other racist agitations included an anti-halal demonstration in Coventry and desecrating the Nelson Mandela statue in Trafalgar Square with a banana during a protest. He also daubed neo-Nazi graffiti in his local area of Castleford before receiving a prison of four years and three months in May 2018. Davies received two Prevent referrals (aged 15 and 19) in his teenage years and boasted that ‘nothing’ came of them.
The 27-year-old was today convicted by a jury for being a member of National Action (NA) after it was banned in the UK. Winchester Crown Court heard the group ...
The defendant was an extremist’s extremist." Mr Jameson said: "Who was at the centre of all this? Same regional structure – adapted and re-drawn following proscription and so many familiar faces from the old guard."
Alex Davies had set up a 'continuity group' after the fascist organisation was banned in 2016.
He added: “Who was at the centre of all this? He was on bail for five years. “The same leader – this defendant, who makes it all happen. “He has had his finger in the pie of far-right terror and extremism for nearly 10 years. The group was a throwback to Hitler’s Germany and based its logo and image on the Sturmabteilung – the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, he said. Following the ban, NA split into regional factions and Davies set up NS131 – which stood for National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action – to cover the southern part of the country and which itself was later banned by the Government.
Alex Davies, 27, described in court as the 'biggest Nazi of the lot' found to have remained in the group after it had been banned.
Asked in court if he was a neo-Nazi, Davies replied: “Sure.” The founder, the galvaniser, the recruiter, one Alex Davies. He was probably the biggest Nazi of the lot. At its peak NA is estimated to have had 100 members. They sought to utilise those positions to further their ideological cause.” The defendant was an extremist’s extremist.” Alex Davies, 27, who was described in court as the “biggest Nazi of the lot”, formed the group National Action (NA) when he was a teenager and acted as its main recruiter.
THE founder of the first right-wing group to be banned since the Second World War first came to the attention of the authorities because of his…
He added: “Who was at the centre of all this? In court, Davies, from Swansea, described himself as “not suited” to violence and he denied that he supported the murder of Jews while stating that he believed the holocaust did not happen. Davies, who was described in court as “the biggest Hitler of the lot”, was reported as telling the journalist that he did not want to say what he wanted to do to Jews “because it was so extreme”.
The founder of Britain's first neo-Nazi terrorist group has been convicted of remaining a member after it was banned by the government. Alex Davies, now 27, ...
“Davies clearly thought he was a clever individual, and that by rebranding National Action as NS131 he would be able to continue his activities,” he added. I’m sure we’ll come up with some creative way to overcome the obstacles put in front of us.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The officer said that following the prosecutions, and the banning of three National Action successor groups, the group had been “dismantled”. Supt Tagg said Davies thought he was “clever” and gave advice to other National Action members on how to dodge the ban, as well as giving his interpretation of terrorist proscription laws to the court and arguing with a prosecutor about he could be questioned on. Davies told the court he “started playing an active part in nationalist politics” around the age of 16, joined the youth branch of the British National Party in 2010 and was a Ukip activist when he formed the idea for National Action.
THE founder of fascist group National Action (NA) has been found guilty of continuing to be a member of the neo-Nazi organisation after it was…
He added: “Who was at the centre of all this? He was on bail for five years. “The same leader – this defendant, who makes it all happen. “He has had his finger in the pie of far-right terror and extremism for nearly 10 years. - National Action co-founder Alex Davies accused of being member of banned group Alex Davies guilty of being a member of National Action