A neo-Nazi beauty queen jailed for being a member of a banned far-right hate group is set to be released early.
Alice Cutter - who competed in a Miss Hitler contest - was locked up for three years in June 2020 for her involvement in National Action.
The 25-year-old was told on Monday by a Parole Board panel she will be freed on licence in a matter of weeks after serving just 26 months.
She had been jailed alongside ex-boyfriend Mark Jones and other group members Garry Jack and Connor Scothern.
Cutter is being held at HMP New Hall, West Yorkshire - the same prison where serial killer Rosemary West was an inmate.
During her trial she was described as a "central spoke" in the far right group's activities and had entered the twisted pageant to help encourage more people to join.
She competed under the name The Buchenwald Princess.
The court heard how she had joked about gassing synagogues and using a Jew's head as a football.
Sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court Judge Paul Farrer QC said the defendant "never held an organisational or leadership role" in the group.
But he added she was a "trusted confidante" of one the group's leaders, as well as being in a "committed relationship" with Jones who was convicted of membership of a terrorist group.
National Action was banned in December 2016 and described as "racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic" by then Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
Members had held rallies and praised the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
A spokesperson for the Parole Board told the Mirror: “We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Alice Cutter following an oral hearing.
"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
"A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims.
"Members read and digest hundreds of pages of evidence and reports in the lead up to an oral hearing.
"Evidence from witnesses such as probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison as well as victim personal statements may be given at the hearing.
"It is standard for the prisoner and witnesses to be questioned at length during the hearing which often lasts a full day or more.
"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority."
"They said the process involved evidence from witnesses such as probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison as well as victim personal statements."
