looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock, but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannamional action — or na — in 2015, left in 2017, and joined the metropolitan police service - the mps - in 2018. other former national action members includejack renshaw, who admitted plotting to kill his mp, zack davies, who was found guilty of attempting to behead an asian dentist, and jack coulson, who made a pipe bomb. it seems incredible that a man who's been part of a group that has been banned as a terrorist organisation can go on and join the police, and the police not know anything about his background. we're not talking about a huge number of people here. seen here doing a nazi salute in a propaganda video, ben hannam had just ticked a box on two police forms... ..saying he'd never been a member of the bnp. the force never took a reference from the school he'd just left, where one teacher had been shocked by his racism. daniel sandford, bbc news. the eurovision song contest has been given permission to let 3,500 fans watch the event in person as part of a trial by the dutch gove

looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannamrefully documented his life in national action, or na, noting the year he joined, the year he left, and the year he started in the metropolitan police service, the mps. among the otherformer national action members, jack renshaw has admitted plotting to kill his mp, zach davies was found guilty of attempting to behead an asian dentist, and jack coulson had made a pipe bomb. in all, 16 people have now been convicted of being members of national action after it was banned, including ben hannam. the founders of the group, alex davies and ben raymond, have never been charged. on hannam's phone detectives found this picture of him with a hitler moustache. in another propaganda video, he performed a nazi salute. on his police application form he had simply ticked a box saying he had never been a member of the bnp or similar organisation. the force never took a reference from the school he had just left... ..where teachers had noted his offensive expression of anti—immigration views. lots of

in all, 16 people have now been convicted of national action after it was banned, including ben hannamp, alex davies and ben raymond, have never been charged. on ben hannam's phone detectives found this picture of him with a hitler moustache. in another propaganda video he performed a nazi salute. on his police application form he had simply ticked a box saying he had never been a member of the bnp or a similar organisation. the force never took a reference from the school he had just left where teachers had noted his offensive expression of anti—immigration views. daniel sandford, bbc news. and daniel gave us more details about the trial and the questions it raises for the metropolitan police. how was it that a man who had been involved in a neo—nazi terrorist organisation untiljust weeks before he applied to join the metropolitan police wasn't unearthed 7 how is it that their vetting system is such that you just tick a box and say you have never been part of the bnp or a similar organisation? how did they have pictures of ben hannam just years before hejoined the police but had not m

looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock, but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannamnam noted that hejoined national action — or na — in 2015, left in 2017, and joined the metropolitan police service — the mps - in 2018. other former national action members includejack renshaw, who admitted plotting to kill his mp. zack davies, who was found guilty of attempting to behead an asian dentist, and jack coulson, who made a pipe bomb. it seems incredible that a man who's been part of a group that has been banned as a terrorist organisation can go on and join the police, and the police not know anything about his background. we're not talking about a huge number of people here. seen here doing a nazi salute in a propaganda video, ben hannam had just ticked a box on two police forms... hey, good accuracy! ..saying he'd never been a member of the bnp. the force never took a reference from the school he'd just left, where one teacher had been shocked by his racism. daniel sandford, bbc news. our home editor mark easton is here. this is the latest in a series of controversies th

how did they have pictures of ben hannam for years before he joined have pictures of ben hannam for yearst had managed to identify him from those videos or his name and could have then spotted him when he joined the police. so it is a very difficult day for the metropolitan police. ben hannam has not yet been sentenced and has been set free on bail. instead of coming out of the door there behind me when most people come in and out of court every day he was allowed out of a side door. we did manage to catch a shot of him as he sneaked out and we tried to ask him some questions. sirens then, why did you join a terrorist organisation and then the police? so that was from outside the court in the last little while. what more might we hear from the force? the force had might we hear from the force? tue: force had been might we hear from the force? tte: force had been keen to point out that they regard this as a very unique case. they don't think this is a sign of widespread membership of nazi organisations within the force not that i think anyone would seriously make that suggestion. they say

looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock, but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannamction — or na — in 2015, left in 2017, and joined the metropolitan police service — the mps - in 2018. 0therformer national action members includejack renshaw, who admitted plotting to kill his mp. zack davies, who was found guilty of attempting to behead an asian dentist, and jack coulson, who made a pipe bomb. it seems incredible that a man who's been part of a group that has been banned as a terrorist organisation can go on and join the police, and the police not know anything about his background. we're not talking about a huge number of people here. seen here doing a nazi salute in a propaganda video, ben hannam had just ticked a box on two police forms... hey, good accuracy! ..saying he'd never been a member of the bnp. the force never took a reference from the school he'd just left, where one teacher had been shocked by his racism. daniel sandford, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: this news, still to come: year's new revision contest this year's new revision co

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day.an active member of a banned neo—nazi terrorist organisation. within weeks of doing it, he was applying to join london's metropolitan police. the propaganda video from the trip was posted on the internetjust days before he put in his application. this was police raiding his home to seize phones and computers. it had taken two years to realise they had a nazi in the ranks. just point them out, don't touch them. yeah, yeah. no, it's fine. that phone, this apple watch... they only found him because the membership of a nazi internet forum had been leaked. on his bedroom wall, he still had a picture of a german soldier from world war ii. police also found an indecent image of a child. this is a unique case, and never before has a serving police officer been prosecuted for being a member of a terrorist group. when we identified the person we were looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock, but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannam. ina diary, in a diary, he noted tha

ben hannam did not react particularly to the sentences.oked slightly stunned at the length of the sentences. he had been a young member of national action and remains a member later. in the year after it was prescribed and he went to do fight training. in the same year, he applied to join the metropolitan police and was successful and served in the forcible more than two years before the metropolitan police realised it had a nazi in its ranks. —— in the fourth for more than two years. it's emerged that boris johnson's personal mobile phone number has been available online for the past 15 years. it appears on a press release from 2006, when the prime minister was a junior member of the shadow cabinet. the labour leader keir starmer says the pm's number being in the public domain "carries a security risk." the chancellor rishi sunak says part of the prime minister's appeal is that he is "incredibly approachable." the revelation comes amid heightened scrutiny of access to politicians in power. our political correspondent iain watson reports.

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day.ctive member of a banned neo—nazi terrorist organisation. within weeks of doing it, he was applying to join london's metropolitan police. the propaganda video from the trip was posted on the internetjust days before he put in his application. this was police raiding his home to seize phones and computers. it had taken two years to realise they had a nazi in the ranks. i've got... just point them out, don't touch them if you can try and avoid it. yeah, yeah. no, it's fine. that phone, this apple watch... they only found him because the membership of a nazi internet forum had been leaked. on his bedroom wall, he still had pictures of german soldiers from world war ii. police also found an indecent image of a child. this is a unique case, and never before has a serving police officer been prosecuted for being the member of a terrorist group. when we identified the person we were looking at was a police officer, it was of course a shock, but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannam.

ben hannam, the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a neo—nazi terrorist groupnt daniel sandford explained the nature of the sentence. three years and four months of being a member of a banned terrorist organisation and also included in that concurrent sentence for possessing documents that might be useful to a terrorist and a concurrent sentence of one year for the fraud. that is essentially lying on his police application form when he was asked to tick a box saying he never been a member of the bnp or any other similar organisation. and he ticked a similar box on his vetting form, so not only had he been involved with national action, which was originally banned for celebrating the murder of jo cox mp, but he also lied about it and successfully became a police officer and served as a police officer for almost two years before the metropolitan police realised that they had a neo—nazi and a former member of a banned group in their own ranks. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... tragedy in israel — at least 45 people are killed in a crush at a religious fest

the person was a police officer it was of course a shock but we then moved very quickly to arrest ben hannam it's not related to the controversial government report about race. i've worked very closely with samuel in the last year or so.

ben hannam, the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a neo—nazi terrorist group years and four months at the old bailey. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been following the case. yes, former pc benjamin hannam was convicted on the 1st of april of being a member of a banned neo—nazi terrorist group and also of lying about that on his application form and his vetting form for the police. he was, at that time, released on bail but today he came back to court for sentencing. and his honour, judge leonard qc, has sentenced him to four years and four months in prison, a total of four years and four months in prison. that's three years and four months for being a member of a banned terrorist organisation and also included in that is concurrent sentences for possession of documents that might be useful to a terrorist. and a consecutive sentence, sorry, a concurrent sentence of one year for the fraud, that is essentially lying on his police application form, where he was asked to tick a box saying he'd never been a member of the bnp or any other similar

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