The Neo-Nazi living next door in a sleepy Wirral village

Life in a quiet village was shaken when a local resident was jailed for a litany of terror-related offences and owning a gun.

For those who don’t know Port Sunlight, the sleepy and quiet town was built in the late 19th century by a wealthy industrialist to provide his workers with a decent quality of life. The town still resembles a perfect little model village which gives you the impression everyone knows each other, and Boundary Road which leads into New Ferry, is no different.

You can understand why some living there were shocked to find their street in the news. This week the village made headlines when Alan Madden, a 65-year-old resident, was jailed for seven years and six months.

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Madden had pleaded guilty to a variety of offences, including dissemination of a terrorist publication which related to the sharing of material from far-right neo-Nazi group National Action. A court heard how he had shared material that showed speeches by Adolf Hitler – where Jewish people were called ‘liars’ and a ‘satanic power’.

‘It was a surprise for this area’, said residents of Boundary Road in Port Sunlight(Image: Liverpool Echo)

When Merseyside Police raided Madden’s home where he lived with his partner in September they found a gun next to his bed, as well as almost 400 rounds of ammunition and books by Adolf Hitler.

However, the picture painted in the court as Madden’s true nature unfolded was not that which was seen by his neighbours and friends in Port Sunlight. For those who knew him – and when the ECHO visited the village not many did – he was said to be a ‘nice guy’ who worked ‘as a carer’.