The founder of National Action, a fascist organisation that is banned in the United Kingdom, has been convicted of being a member after it was proscribed.
Alex Davies, 27, was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation after it was banned by the then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Dec. 16, 2016.
Winchester Crown Court was told National Action was banned after it posted on Twitter congratulations to the man who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox and, in an attempt to get round the ban, Davies set up another group, NS131, which stood for National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action.
Judge Mark Dennis QC said he would sentence Davies at the Old Bailey in London next month.
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