Neo-Nazi Met policeman who called Hitler the big man jailed for four years
Pc Ben Hannam, who is autistic, earlier told jurors that he was under the impression he was part of a youth network . The former Met Police officer developed an interest in the far-right while he was still at school
12:35, 30 APR 2021
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Rookie Pc Ben Hannam had been working as a probationary officer with the force (Image: PA)
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Sitting in a quiet corner of a Wetherspoons pub near Paddington Station, the small group attracted little attention from other customers.
But for a fresh-faced 17-year-old boy who sat sipping a Coca-Cola beside a bricklayer and a bouncer, listening to the tales of a handsome, charismatic stranger, it was ‘an awakening’.
Benjamin Hannam, now 22, would later describe his excitement at the fateful first meeting with the neo-Nazi group, National Action, on March 6, 2016, writing in his diary they are ‘a good bunch of lads’ and he ‘can’t wait to get more involved’.
Within two days of watching propaganda videos by the banned terror group, Hannam was ‘completely swayed’, eagerly describing his ideology to other members as ‘fascist’.
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Pc Ben Hannam, 22, developed an interest in fascism from the age of 16 and would browse bulletin board 4Chan. He continued to meet National Action members even after the group glorified the murder of Jo Cox
12:58, 1 APR 2021
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Officers raided the property of Pc Ben Hannam, 22, after discovering his links with far-right terrorism (Image: PA)
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