A London police officer has been found guilty of membership in a banned neo-Nazi group, the Metropolitan Police said Thursday.
April 1 (UPI) — A London police officer has been found guilty of membership in a banned neo-Nazi group, the Metropolitan Police said Thursday. Probationary Police Constable Benjamin Hannam,22, of North London, was found guilty of membership of proscribed terrorist organization National Action, following a trial at the Old Bailey, Met Police said in a statement. He was convicted of two counts of fraud by false representation and two counts of possession of document likely to be of use to a terrorist. The Home Secretary proscribed the racist neo-Nazi group National Action as a terrorist group on December 16,2016. „The public expect police officers to carry out their duties with the very highest levels of honesty and integrity,“ said Commander Richard Smith of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. „Sadly, PC Hannam showed none of these qualities, firstly by joining with a far-right proscribed organization, and then when he lied about his past links to this group when applying to become a police officer.
