- guardian.co.uk, Saturday June 10 2000 02.11 BST
Copeland said he believed "100%" that killers, perverts and sex offenders should hang.
He said that as a national socialist he believed in white domination and the "national lifestyle - no crime, no class."
Asked by a detective: "No crime?", he replied: "No, people would be put to death."
Asked if he thought capital punishment would be suitable for a thief, he said he thought 10 years' hard labour would be more appropriate. He went on: "I am talking about perverts and sexual offenders. This is what national socialists believe - hang them, kill them.
"I believe 100% in it for certain offences." Asked if that included murder, he said: "Of course."
Copeland, 24, has admitted causing blasts in three areas of London - Soho, Brick Lane and Brixton - during April last year, in which three people were killed and 129 injured.
He is being tried for murder after the prosecution refused to accept his pleas of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The court was told that when Copeland was asked about the bombings, he said: "I was obsessed with them. It was something I wanted to do. I fantasised about the chaos that would be caused."
The Recorder of London, Judge Michael Hyam, adjourned the trial early yesterday because Copeland was unwell. The hearing will resume on Monday.
