London (CNN) A couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler and were members of a banned neo-Nazi group in Britain have been jailed for more than 10 years combined.

Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were sentenced to six-and-a-half and five years respectively at Birmingham Crown Court after a jury found them guilty of being members of National Action, which was banned in Britain in 2016.

The pair were sentenced alongside their four others, including their friend Darren Fletcher who the prosecution claimed had taught his daughter to perform a Nazi salute.

Fletcher, who admitted membership of the group prior to seven-week trial which ended last month, was said to have sent Patatas a message saying "finally got her to do it," the UK Press Association reported.

During the trial, the jury heard that Thomas and Patatas had given their child the middle name Adolf, while photos found at their house showed the newborn baby being cradled by his father dressed as a hooded Ku Klux Klan member.

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