A JEWISH couple were appalled to find a Nazi swastika armband on sale in an antiques shop, The Argus reports.

The shoppers were gobsmacked to find the Nazi armband on display in a cabinet at Arundel Bridge Antiques in High Street in the town.

Owners of the shop have since apologised and remove the item from the display.

The couple from London, who didn’t want to be named, claim an employee brushed off their concerns and justified its presence because it "represents the social-history of the area".

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A 'SMIRKING' thug who hit a man in the face with a plank of wood for speaking Spanish has told a court that he's not racist, reports the Bournemouth Echo.

Daniel Way, of Albert Road in Poole, heard victim Tomas Gil speaking his native language to his girlfriend in Old Christchurch Road in the early hours of May 19.

After telling Mr Gil to "speak English", Way walked over to the Bravo takeaway and wrenched a plank of wood from the building.

He then returned and hit the victim in the face with it.

Way, 37, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday, October 7 to be sentenced after he admitted racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.

The incident was captured on CCTV.

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The judge said he had considered Way's "emotionally fragile state" before sentencing him to 12 months in prison, suspended for 15 months.