London police officer convicted of neo-Nazi group membership
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April 1, 2021
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LONDON (AP) A rookie London police officer was found guilty Thursday of belonging to a banned neo-Nazi organization, the first time a British police officer has been convicted of membership of an outlawed far-right group.
After more than 32 hours of deliberation, the jury at the city s Old Bailey court found Benjamin Hannam, 22, guilty of being a member of the extremist group National Action. Hannam also was convicted of lying on his application and vetting forms to join London s Metropolitan Police, and of possessing terror-related documents detailing knife combat and the making of explosive devices.
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(CNN) A London jury has convicted a British police officer of being a member of a banned neo-Nazi group.
Benjamin Hannam was found guilty on all five charges by the jury on Thursday, a representative of London s Central Criminal Court told CNN.
These charges include membership of the banned National Action group, making a false application to join the police force by not disclosing his membership of said group and the possession of indecent photographs of a child.
The 22-year-old was serving as a probationary officer in London s Metropolitan Police force and is the first police officer to be convicted of belonging to a far right terror group, according to the UK s PA Media news agency.
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A police officer in London has become the first in Britain to be convicted of membership of an outlawed far-right group.
Benjamin Hannam was found guilty on Thursday of belonging to the banned neo-Nazi organisation National Action.
The 22-year-old was convicted of lying on his application and vetting forms to join London s Metropolitan Police and of possessing terror-related documents detailing knife combat and the making of explosive devices.
Judge Anthony Leonard lifted a reporting ban on the case after Hannam admitted possessing an indecent image of a child, which was to have been the subject of a separate trial.
Hannam was granted bail ahead of his sentencing on April 23 but was warned by the judge that he faced jail.