A man who goes by the nickname "Hitler" is being investigated by the police after videos of him speaking at a private gathering attended by far rightist Norman Lowell appeared on You Tube last month.

In the videos, which have since been removed by the person who posted them, the middle-aged man shares his admiration for convicted racist Mr Lowell and his disgust towards African immigrants.

Amid cheers and Nazi salutes from his audience of mainly Maltese men, he says that due to migration, Malta is passing through a battle of civilisations and the "culture" of Christianity needs to be defended.

However, he adds that immigration would be acceptable if instead of African men "who give our women half castes", there were Russian, Polish or Ukrainian women who could give men blond children.

Describing multiculturalism as a travesty of democracy and something that needs to be fought, he warns against "alien" immigrants being normalised. He also recounts his feelings of "shock" and "shame" when one day he got onto a Maltese bus that was full of black men, except for a Maltese girl whom he vowed to protect.

In his speech, he also falsely claims that Scotland never had a black person wearing its football gear because the Scottish are "proud of their heritage and do not breed traitors".

Lastly, he defends his right to express his opinions, claiming that no one can be sent to prison because of their beliefs, "even if they call me a racist".

In the videos, entitled Hitler vs Klandestini, the man is addressed as Hitler.

His identity is unknown but the police told The Times that they were investigating the case. They did not give further details.

Inciting racial hatred is punishable by between six and 18 months imprisonment under the Criminal Code.

When contacted, Mr Lowell said he did not know the man and that his speech was "counterproductive".

"If you notice in the video I avoided him. He's at a very different level, you see, I don't know why they made him speak. It was a bit embarrassing," Mr Lowell said, pointing out that this was a private gathering which he had been invited to.

"I'm paying the price of popularity. I get invited to these sorts of events all the time. I didn't go there to speak but after this man with a croaky voice spoke, they asked me to crack a joke and I did."

However, he added that the police had now opened a Pandora's Box by prosecuting people for what they said on the internet.

He said the media was going to face the consequences for not supporting people who were prosecuted for what they said, and that we would soon end up being unable to order black coffees.

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