Here is PC Benjamin Hannam s progress from schoolboy, to neo-Nazi, to Metropolitan Police officer:
2011-2017: The neo-Nazi online forum Iron March is active.
August 2013: National Action (NA) emerges from Iron March with stickers and flash demonstrations. Its neo-Nazi ideology includes a belief in Aryan purity and hatred of non-white groups, particularly Jews; it venerates Hitler as divine and celebrates war and genocide.
2014: Hannam says he first became interested in fascism around the age of 16. He also began a three-and-a-half year secret relationship with his Muslim girlfriend.
May 24, 2014: In a Skype conversation, Hannam says: I m not racist, I just don t like people who s skin is darker than mine .
Benjamin Hannam: Early warning signs of far-right copper jailed for part in Nazi group
Ex-Met Police officer Benjamin Hannam was sentenced to four years and four months in jail for belonging to a banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action on Friday, April 30
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Images of Benjamin Hannam appeared online of him in uniform with a Hitler moustache (Image: PA)
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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
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Rookie Pc Ben Hannam had been working as a probationary officer with the force (Image: PA)
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Charcoal proposals at Norwood Park Farm, off Halam Road, Southwell, approved
| Updated: 12:04, 08 April 2021
A planning committee approved plans for a charcoal retort to support an existing firewood business, despite concerns.
The proposal for Norwood Park Farm, off Halam Road, Southwell, was approved after being deferred at a previous meeting over reservations about smoke and emissions.
However, after discussions among the environmental health, planning and local ward members conditions were put in place, including reducing the moisture content of the wood from 20% to 15%.
Norwood Park Farm, off Halam Road, Southwell. Picture: Google (44504200)
Business manager Lisa Hughes said: â15% would obviously be far better in terms of burning the wood and ensuring there is less smoke resulting.