Two jailed for making Nazi salute

Two Czech men have been jailed for giving the Nazi salute on a home video shot at a birthday party two years ago, reported the Czech Press Agency on Tuesday. Jan Dufek was sentenced to 18 months in prison, while Petr Nikoluk was sentenced to half a year in jail for making the gesture and uttering Nazi slogans on the video. Mr Dufek’s prison sentence was longer as he had also bought a machine gun and committed benefit fraud, it was reported. The two men said that they had been drunk and that the video was not meant to be publicly distributed. The judge in the case said, however, that they were tried for what they did, not for having videoed their activities.

Author: Rosie Johnston