A neo-Nazi who racially abused families in the street and littered a seaside resort with vile fascist stickers walked free from court yesterday.
Stefan Luff, 49, was wearing a Nazi SS ring when he approached a woman and her two nieces in Winchelsea, East Sussex, last year and made racist comments.
He racially abused a couple in nearby Rye later that day. The man took his photo and he was arrested shortly after.
Officers who searched his house in Hastings found a collection of Nazi and Ku Klux Klan memorabilia and evidence linking him to a racist sticker campaign.
He was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay £1,000 compensation at Lewes crown court.
Sussex police said: "We are pleased with the sentence Luff received. It sends out a strong message that racist abuse of any kind will not be tolerated."