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Briton faces fine for wearing Nazi uniform at stag party in France

French prosecutors have demanded Mark Fournier be fined 1,500 euros for the illegal stunt during a party organised by British MP Aiden Burley.

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French prosecutors on Wednesday called for a €1,500 (£1,258) fine against a Briton who wore a Nazi uniform and insignia to his stag party at a French ski-resort, attended by Aiden Burley, a Conservative MP, reports The Telegraph.

Mr Burley, MP for Cannock Chase, was sacked as parliamentary private secretary to the Transport Minister after British media published footage of the party and reported that guests had been toasting the memory of Nazi leaders.

Mark Fournier, the stag, was subsequently prosecuted for wearing a Nazi uniform and insignia, which is illegal in France.

A police tribunal in Albertville in the French Alps will deliver its verdict on January 21.

The controversial party took place on December 3, 2011 in a restaurant in Val Thorens, Europe's highest ski resort in the famous Three Valleys range.

Mr Fournier, who was photographed in full SS regalia whilst giving the Nazi salute, initially faced more serious charges including denial of war crimes or crimes against humanity and incitement to racial hatred.

During the drink-filled soirée, one of the guests raised a glass to "the ideology and thought process of the Third Reich".

In end, Mr Fournier was charged only with wearing the uniform of an organisation guilty of crimes against humanity.

The fine requested is the maximum authorised for that specific offence.

In his client's defence, Mr Fournier's lawyer, Michel Roubaud, cited Prince Harry's wearing of a Nazi uniform in 2005.

"English law does not consider the wearing of a Nazi uniform to be, in itself, a crime. We can see that from the conduct of Prince Harry," Mr Roubaud told AFP.

"My client's behaviour was not ideologically motivated. It was organised by his best man, the MP, and took place in the context of a boozy stag party.

Read more of this report from The Telegraph.