‘Enjoyed Shakespeare more than Austen,’ says a 21-year-old neo-Nazi student who was spared jail for reading classic literature. A Neo-Nazi who was given a suspended prison sentence after a judge suggested he read classic literature has given his opinion on the books. Ben John, 21, was sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence at Leicester Crown Court in August last year after police described him as a white supremacist with neo-Nazi views. As part of a five-year serious crime prevention order, a judge asked John to read famous works such as Pride and Prejudice and A Tale of Two Cities....