A former British soldier has taken down a Nazi flag which he was flying outside of his home following a community backlash.
Billy Brown put the red flag, which contained a black and white swastika, up in the back garden of his home on Belmont Walk in Walker, Newcastle. The 81-year-old's neighbours were left disgusted by his decision to put up the flag on Monday.
A local resident reported how German music was also heard at his home during the late morning and early afternoon. The tune which was being played at the property was Erika, a marching song composed in the 1930s and used by the German military.
