The verdict was harsher than the suspended sentence handed to another suspect a day earlier, who had also performed the Nazi greeting during rallies sparked by the killing of a German man, allegedly by asylum seekers. A prison sentence was deemed appropriate in this case because the accused had a number of previous convictions, including for assault, a spokesman for the district court in Chemnitz told regional broadcaster MDR. The swastika and other Nazi symbols are banned in Germany. Anyone caught breaking the law can be fined or face a jail term of up to three years. SEE ALSO: Man who gave Hitler salute given eight month suspended sentence

Source: The Local September 14, 2018 14:37 UTC