Wiltshire artist was ‘Joseph Goebbels’ of National Action, court told

Ben Raymond accused of propagandising for banned neo-Nazi group and its offshoot

A talented artist was the Joseph Goebbels" of the violent neo-Nazi group National Action and continued to be a leading light in the organisation after it was banned by the UK government, a jury has been told.

Ben Raymond, 32, from Swindon in Wiltshire, was one of the founders of NA, whose members hoarded machetes, swords, ice picks, firearms and even a crossbow powerful enough to bring down an elephant, Bristol crown court was told.