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Man Who Taught Girlfriend’s Pet Pug To Perform Nazi Salutes Is Sentenced For ‘Hate Crime’

Joseph Curl

On Monday, a YouTube personality who taught his girlfriend’s dog to perform Nazi salutes as a joke was fined £800 by a U.K. court for being “grossly offensive.”

Mark Meechan, who blogs under the name Count Dankula, was found guilty under the Communications Act over the video, which he said he did as a joke to his girlfriend. He was found guilty of committing a “hate crime” and had faced as much as six months in jail under the U.K. law.

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