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British soldiers appear in court over alleged membership of neo-Nazi group

Suspects charged with terror offences as part of probe into banned extremist organisation National Action

September 12, 2017 12:30
(Left to right) Court artist's impression of Alexander Deakin, Mikko Vehvilainen, and Mark Barrett, appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

Two soldiers have appeared in court charged with terror offences as part of an investigation into the banned neo-Nazi group National Action.

Private Mark Barrett, 24, and Lance Corporal Mikko Vehvilainen, 32, were arrested on September 5 on suspicion of joining the proscribed organisation.

A third man, civilian Alexander Deakin, 22, was charged alongside them facing a string of terrorism offences between July 2015 and September 2017.

Barrett denied any involvement with National Action, entering a not guilty plea to one count of belonging to a proscribed organisation.

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