Muswell Hill ‘reformed’ Nazi jailed for three years for being member of banned group

A reformed neo-Nazi has been jailed for three years for being a member of banned terror group National Action (NA).

Operations manager David Musins, 36, admitted his involvement with the extreme right-wing organisation after it was banned by the Government in December 2016 – but said he had changed his views.

The university graduate was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three years in prison on Friday, with a further year on extended licence.

Musins, from Muswell Hill, North London, attended a string of National Action meetings and training camps, and also their successor group, NS131.

He was arrested at his home on 10 November 2021 and charged with membership of a proscribed organisation.

Officers found evidence which pointed strongly to active membership of both National Action and its later guise as NS131.

On 22 February 2016, Musins had written a message on the Iron March introductory message board. He gave details about himself and that he had studied history before becoming interested in National Socialism.

On 6 March 2016, there was a meeting between the group members in a pub in Paddington, which Musins attended, and later on that month, he also attended a two-day camp called “Legion” in Derbyshire. He also attended a National Action march in Darlington in November of that year.

He continued his membership of the group, now called NS131, after National Action was proscribed by the Home Secretary Amber Rudd in December 2016. His involvement in the group’s activities continued for much of 2017, and he attended events including an outdoor camping and knife survival event, believed to be in Essex, in May of that year.

On 29 November 2017, NS131 was formally recognised as one of NA’s aliases and Musins’ involvement had by then come to an end.

During the search of his house in November 2021, officers found black clothing, black face coverings decorated with skulls, black sunglasses, spray paint cans, boxing gloves and a groin guard. These were all linked to his activity as part of the proscribed group.

A USB stick was also found; on it Musins had kept an exercise diary, which made reference to the Legion training camp in March 2016.

On Monday, 14 March, Musins, 36, pleaded guilty to membership of National Action.

He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with an extended period on licence of 12 months, at the Old Bailey on Friday, 27 May.