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A neo-Nazi Holocaust denier who said he would 'kill a mixed-race' child and gave his son the middle name 'Adolf' will be freed after Parole Board granted his release - despite them admitting they 'could not be satisfied' their work had been effective.

Adam Thomas, 27, and partner Claudia Patatas, then 38 - who posed in Ku Klux Klan robes with their tiny child - were found guilty of being members of the extreme right-wing organisation National Action, which was banned in 2016.

Thomas, then 22, was handed a six-and-a-half-year sentence at Birmingham Crown Court in 2018, while 'remorseless' Patatas, then 38, got a five-year jail term.

But self-confessed Holocaust denier Thomas, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, is set to be released in a move that has left Jewish charities horrified.

The Parole Board directed his release following a hearing on March 27, in the second review - despite saying that witnesses 'could not be satisfied that the work had been effective'.

The summary revealed: 'Having considered the index offence, relevant patterns of previous behaviour and the other evidence before it, the panel listed as risk factors those influences which made it more likely that Mr Thomas would reoffend. 

'Evidence was presented at the hearing regarding Mr Thomas' progress and custodial conduct during this sentence. He had engaged with some work to explore his political and religious views. Mr Thomas then completed work on his offending behaviour, including an accredited programme to address extremist offending and ways of disengaging. 

'Witnesses could not be satisfied that the work had been effective, however, it was noted that Mr Thomas was now very aware of the legal implications of his past behaviour. He had since engaged with further sessions to explore right wing ideology. 

'No further work was identified for Mr Thomas to complete in custody. There was some support for release at the oral hearing, which would allow for some monitoring of Mr Thomas prior to the end of his sentence.'

One out of prison - just months ahead of his planned release in July - they decided that he will still need to be monitored.

He will  live in designated accommodation and there will be strict limits on his contacts, movements, and activities.

This will also include GPS tracking, signing-in times, polygraph testing and a specified curfew.

He will be released more than two years after Patatas was released - long before her sentence was up.

A search of the couple's Banbury home in 2018 uncovered Nazi memorabilia, a Ku Klux Klan outfit and an arsenal of deadly weapons including crossbows, machetes and axes. 

The unsuspecting market town sits in the Cotswolds - just miles from areas beloved by celebrities including the Beckhams, Jeremy Clarkson, and former Prime Minister David Cameron. 

Pictures later emerged of Thomas, originally from the West Midlands, wearing the white hooded mask synonymous with the white supremacist group as cradling his young child. 

The news has stunned members of the Jewish community - who have dubbed the pair's release 'dumbfounding'.

A spokesperson for the Community Security Trust - a charity who protect British Jews from antisemitism and related threats - said: 'This case highlights the serious challenge posed by the release of extremists from prison when there is no guarantee that they have shed their dangerous views. 

'It is vital that the relevant authorities keep a close eye on Thomas, and on any other similar extremists convicted of terrorism offences once they are released.'

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism added: 'This decision is dumbfounding. 

'If the Parole Board has determined that it cannot be 'satisfied' with the effectiveness of the work that Adam Thomas was required to do, why is he eligible for early release?

'Furthermore, if Mr Thomas, even having served practically the entirety of his sentence, is still not considered fully rehabilitated, what does that say about the original sentence?

'National Action is a terrorist organisation. Its members are criminals under terrorism legislation. These sentences matter, and need to be effective in protecting the public.'

Police previously said the couple's baby son, looked after by his mother throughout the trial, will now be the subject of 'normal safeguarding procedures' but it was for social workers to decide on his future.

Oxfordshire County Council refused to say whether Thomas and Patatas could be reunited with their child or have contact with it 'for reasons of confidentially and safeguarding'.

A jury at Birmingham Crown Court was told the couple had given their child the middle name 'Adolf', which self-confessed racist Thomas admitted was in 'admiration' of Hitler.

Thomas was described in court as a 'vehement Nazi' who worked as an Amazon security guard.   

The KKK robes that Thomas wore in a series of photos shown to the jury – including one with his baby – were inherited from his great-grandfather, a supporter of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.

The jury of six men and five women found Thomas guilty of an additional offence of having a terrorist manual called the Anarchist's Cookbook.