'Neo-Nazi on trial pictured posing in KKK robe with baby son'

A photo shown to jurors at Birmingham Crown Court, allegedly showing Adam Thomas, posing with his new-born baby, whilst wearing the hooded white robes of the Ku Klux Klan  - PA
A photo shown to jurors at Birmingham Crown Court, allegedly showing Adam Thomas, posing with his new-born baby, whilst wearing the hooded white robes of the Ku Klux Klan - PA

A supremacist father accused of being neo-Nazi is pictured cradling his newborn baby while wearing Ku Klux Klan robes in images shown to a jury today.

Prosecutors allege the photographs show Adam Thomas, 22, wearing the infamous hooded white robes while holding his son, who he named after the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Thomas, described as a "vehement Nazi", and partner Claudia Patatas, 38, gave their child the middle name Adolf when he was born last year.

The jury were also shown pictures of Thomas posing with Patatas and Darren Fletcher, who has admitted being a member of National Action. Fletcher is seen in images holding a swastika flag and making a Nazi salute.

Other images document the couple's collection of far-Right memorabilia found at their Oxfordshire home - including swastika cushions and clothing, as well as a swastika-shaped pastry cutter.

The couple also allegedly had a poster stuck to their fridge reading "Britain is ours - the rest must go".

A photo shown to jurors allegedly showing Adam Thomas wearing a mask and posing with a knife at his home in Oxfordshire. - Credit:  West Midlands Police/PA
A photo shown to jurors allegedly showing Adam Thomas wearing a mask and posing with a knife at his home in Oxfordshire. Credit: West Midlands Police/PA

The images were shown to a jury at the trial of Thomas and Patatas who along with Daniel Bogunovic, 27, are accused of being members of banned National Action, at Birmingham Crown Court.

The far-Right terrorist group formed in 2013 but was banned in 2016 following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.

Picture shown to jurors showing Darren Fletcher who has admitted being a member of banned far-right terrorist group National Action, posing with alleged member Claudia Patatas and her baby, at her home in Waltham Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire.  - Credit:  West Midlands Police/PA
Picture shown to jurors showing Darren Fletcher who has admitted being a member of banned far-right terrorist group National Action, posing with alleged member Claudia Patatas and her baby, at her home in Waltham Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Credit: West Midlands Police/PA

Birmingham Crown Court heard that the group carried out a "white holy war" against black people, Jews, Asians and homosexuals, despite being outlawed.

The prosecution alleged the group tried to "shed one skin for another" to evade the law and that the three defendants were part of a successor organisation called the TripleK Mafia.

Photo shown to jurors of a jacket bearing a Swastika armband found during police searches of the home of Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas. - Credit: West Midlands Police/ PA
Photo shown to jurors of a jacket bearing a Swastika armband found during police searches of the home of Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas. Credit: West Midlands Police/ PA

Thomas had stockpiled a cache of weapons, including machetes, crossbows and an axe, jurors were told. He is thought to have carried out target practice in his back garden

He is also charged with possessing documents containing terrorist information, namely the Anarchy Cookbook, which contained bomb-making instructions.

Photo of machetes shown to jurors at Birmingham Crown Court, found during police searches of Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas. - Credit:  West Midlands Police/PA
Photo of machetes shown to jurors at Birmingham Crown Court, found during police searches of Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas. Credit: West Midlands Police/PA

Thomas and Patatas, of Banbury, Oxon and Bogunovic of Leicester deny the charges.

The trial continues.