British man in Nazi uniform offends shoppers

A MAN wearing a full Nazi uniform was ejected from a British supermarket and the police were called after complaints by fellow shoppers.

The man, wearing a black SS officer's uniform complete with a cap and a red armband, left before police could arrive at the shop in Cambridge, easte England, on Thursday.

A local man with mental health problems who is obsessed with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed responsibility for the Halloween incident on Twitter.

Paul Dutton said he had wo a black SS armband in the same Asda store twice a week for the past three years, and accused the supermarket chain of being \"a bunch of racists\".

\"We had a number of customer complaints so we asked him to leave the store,\" a spokesman for Asda supermarkets said.

Local police said they were called to the store at 2pm on Thursday but \"by the time we got there he had already left peacefully\", a spokeswoman said.

Outrage: A shopper walked into a store dressed in full Nazi uniform (Picture: Supplied)