BREAKING: A Metropolitan Police officer has been convicted of membership of the banned neo-Nazi terrorist organisation National Action.
Benjamin Hannam, 22, from north London, is the first British officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence
Benjamin Hannam, 22, from north London, is the first British officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence
He remained in NA after it was outlawed.
Hannam then joined the police after lying about his past in an application form.
He was also convicted of two counts of fraud and two counts of possessing information useful to a terrorist
Hannam then joined the police after lying about his past in an application form.
He was also convicted of two counts of fraud and two counts of possessing information useful to a terrorist
Reporting restrictions had prevented any publicity about the case due to a planned second trial involving sexual offences.
Bur he pleaded guilty last week to possessing prohibited images of children.
He only entered the guilty plea after the trial one jury had retired
Bur he pleaded guilty last week to possessing prohibited images of children.
He only entered the guilty plea after the trial one jury had retired
Jurors convicted him of remaining in NA for several months after it was banned in December 2016, as well as two counts of fraud for lying about his past in a Met application form.
The fraud involved over £66,000 he earned from the police after joining in 2018
The fraud involved over £66,000 he earned from the police after joining in 2018
This was Hannam taking part in a neo-Nazi propaganda video in July 2017.
Later that month he applied to join the Met Police
Later that month he applied to join the Met Police
Hannam was caught after anti-fascists leaked data online from the neo-Nazi web forum Iron March.
That was in late 2019.
His IP address was among the British users
That was in late 2019.
His IP address was among the British users
Elaborate security operation to get Hannam out of court via a back door without any reporters present.
Didn’t work
Didn’t work
In better quality
In September 2017, before he joined the Met, counter terror police seized raw footage of Hannam at group events after the ban.
The footage was found during searches of the homes of NA co-founder Alex Davies and a member called Mark Jones.
Hannam was not identified
The footage was found during searches of the homes of NA co-founder Alex Davies and a member called Mark Jones.
Hannam was not identified
This was Hannam fighting with Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski, later convicted to terror offences, watched by Alex Davies
During his trial, Hannam told jurors "there are no pictures of me doing a Nazi salute".
But we have identified him at fight training event in August 2016 that was filmed for an NA propaganda video.
What do the group do at the end? He's circled in red 👇
But we have identified him at fight training event in August 2016 that was filmed for an NA propaganda video.
What do the group do at the end? He's circled in red 👇
Move over Anthony Joshua.
Alex Davies and Hannam sparring in the woods
Alex Davies and Hannam sparring in the woods
Other people who associated with Hannam:
*Mark Jones, jailed last year for being an NA member
*Elliott Richards-Good, jailed in 2019 for racial hatred offences
Some people remain unidentified.
One, described as a Satanist, is from London and called David. He was in NA
*Mark Jones, jailed last year for being an NA member
*Elliott Richards-Good, jailed in 2019 for racial hatred offences
Some people remain unidentified.
One, described as a Satanist, is from London and called David. He was in NA
Worth adding that one of his two convictions today for possessing information useful to a terrorist was for a saved copy of the Anders Breivik 'manifesto'.
It's the first successful prosecution under that section of the Terrorism Act for possession of that particular document
It's the first successful prosecution under that section of the Terrorism Act for possession of that particular document
*16 people now convicted of NA membership
*Former NA member Zack Davies convicted before the ban of attempted murder for trying to behead a Sikh dentist in Wales
*Former NA spokesman Jack Renshaw convicted of planning a terror attack to kill his MP
*Former NA member Zack Davies convicted before the ban of attempted murder for trying to behead a Sikh dentist in Wales
*Former NA spokesman Jack Renshaw convicted of planning a terror attack to kill his MP
*Pre-ban member Jack Coulson convicted of making a pipe bomb and having bomb-making instructions
*Three one-time members convicted of paedophile offences since the ban
*NA now banned under three aliases
*A splinter group -Sonnenkrieg Division - is banned here and in Australia
*Three one-time members convicted of paedophile offences since the ban
*NA now banned under three aliases
*A splinter group -Sonnenkrieg Division - is banned here and in Australia
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