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No charges will be brought after a flag with a swastika on it was displayed on the side of a house in Neath , it has been revealed.

The flag, which was a symbol of the Nazi party around the time of the Second World War, was attached to the rear of a terraced property in the Neath area and images of it were shared on social media.

South Wales Police investigated the matter and later arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.

They said the flag had been removed.

A file of evidence was compiled and submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), but it has now been revealed that the matter will go no further.

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A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "The matter was investigated and a file of evidence submitted to the CPS. A decision was taken by the CPS to take no further action."

Reacting to the news, Neath South county councillor Jamie Evans said: "Everyone in Neath was absolutely disgusted by it.

"To say now that you can put a massive swastika on the side of your house and for no further action to be taken is absolutely ridiculous, sorry.

"We are living in times where there's a rise of the far right and it's enabling these people to think it's alright to post signs of Nazism.

"It absolutely sends out the wrong message. Wales is an open, tolerant country where everybody is welcome, so to have no action taken over a Nazi flag being displayed which represents antisemitism is abhorrent."