A PRESTON student has found himself listed on a neo-Nazi website after researching into the far-right for his course.

Andi Ali, a 35-year-old postgraduate student at the University of Central Lancashire, said he was shocked to find pictures of him had been posted on the website Redwatch.

As part of his research Andi went to Anti-Nazi League demonstrations where far right groups were present.

He said: "One of the most frightening things I have had is an e-mail from someone warning me that I had upset 'some very nasty people' and if things continued I could end up with a bullet in my head.

"The police have told me to be careful and make sure that I'm not followed."

The website was set up by racist group Combat 18, which at one time had links with the British National Party.

Its slogan is: "White revolution is the only solution."

Combat 18 is a highly secretive group but it is thought the idea for Redwatch came from American Nazis who set it up to monitor and target Jewish people.

Andi, whose late father was Pakistani and late mother was Irish, said: "I have regrets in that once my thesis is finished I will still have to watch my back.

"It only takes one lunatic to pop out and shoot you. But I am not going to stop my research simply because a group of fascists are opposed to it."

Debbie Jacks, spokeswoman for the Anti-Nazi League, said: "Most people in this country recognise that we live in a multicultural society and they are anti-racist and anti-Nazi. Combat 18 are a very small minority group."