BNP Candidate Pleads Innocence-We dont believe him

A MIDLAND BNP candidate who likes to dress up as a German trooper to re-enact World War Two battles, has denied having any sympathy with Adolf Hitler or the Nazis.

Double glazing boss Karl Newman, aged 48, who is standing as a BNP candidate for Redditch in Thursday's local elections, collects and sells Nazi memorabilia on his website.

"If I thought there was any link between the BNP and Nazis, I would resign tomorrow," said Mr Newman, who is standing in Redditch's Greenlands ward.

"I don't agree with what the Nazis did and the Holocaust was appalling. I used to take part in battle re-enactments but I haven't done much of that lately. I have only been in the BNP for a year. I am not a racist. I have Jamaican and Asian friends and a Polish employee."

Mr Newman, who runs Redditch-based Mount Pleasant Windows Ltd, has now removed several photographs bearing swastikas from his website and erased Nazi memorabilia.

But a spokesman for the group Unite Against Fascism, said: "Karl Newman's Nazi obsession is sickening."

And Jaqui Smith, Labour MP for Redditch, said: "Redditch people are decent and tolerant. I am shocked that someone seeking to be an elected representative celebrates the Nazis."


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