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
Daniel De Simone
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Daniel De Simone
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Investigations Correspondent for BBC News /[email protected]
London, United Kingdom
Joined May 2015
- Sudesh Amman, the 20-year-old responsible for the attack in Streatham today, was jailed in December 2018 for 13 terror offences. I was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced. He was released from prison around a week ago
- Huge day yesterday as families and friends of serial killer Stephen Port's victims were totally vindicated by an inquest jury. They conducted their own investigations, linked the deaths, and warned officers about the danger to gay men They'd seen what the Met Police would not
- BREAKING: Andrew Dymock, the neo-Nazi who created two banned terrorist groups, has been convicted of 12 terror offences
- Really relieved to finally publish our report and tell the women's stories. Exposing misogynistic abuse of this kind is plainly in the public interest, but it took an unprecedented court battle with MI5 and the government to be able to run this piece
- A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with membership of the banned neo-Nazi terrorist organisation National Action
- Replying to @DdesimoneDanielThe four bereaved families say the Met’s inadequate investigations “should be on public record as one of the most widespread institutional failures in modern history.” The failings are too many to list. This piece describes some of them.
- Replying to @ClarkeMicahActually, Mr Justice Wilkie’s sentencing remarks made plain the nature of the crime: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…
- The founder of the notorious neo-Nazi forum Fascist Forge is Matthew Baccari. His site was used to encourage terrorism and sexual violence. The 25-year-old refused to leave his bedroom when visited in California by a BBC team. Story with @awinston bbc.co.uk/news/uk-531281…
- Stephen was murdered 30 years ago. He was simply heading home While investigating the case, it became clear how many opportunities remain to uncover information Will Stephen get full justice? It is still possible if people finally say what they know
- Replying to @DdesimoneDanielHe 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
- Replying to @DdesimoneDanielElaborate security operation to get Hannam out of court via a back door without any reporters present. Didn’t work
00:00 - When, as Attorney General, you took me to court to protect an abusive, misogynistic MI5 agent from exposure, someone leaked a rosy version of the legal action to the Telegraph, leading to a government leak inquiryI’d be interested in knowing whether Kemi thinks I’m having a “very public nervous breakdown”. #honesty #unity #wedontleak
