‘Neo-Nazi’ student, 23, wrote an essay titled ‘Join your local Nazis’, court hears 

A neo-Nazi student was responsible for a string of tweets, including an anti-Jewish post on Remembrance Day which featured a picture of a German SS soldier, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, allegedly promoted the extremist right-wing group System Resistance Network (SRN) through a Twitter account and a website before it was banned. The … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

Neo-Nazi British police officer is jailed for four years and four months 

Ben Hannam’s journey from neo-Nazi group member to police officer 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 … Read more

Neo-Nazi British police officer is jailed for four years and four months 

Ben Hannam’s journey from neo-Nazi group member to police officer 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 … Read more

‘I miss you, Hitler’: This hateful message was written while neo-Nazi was a serving police officer

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, … Read more

‘I miss you, Hitler’: This hateful message was written while neo-Nazi was a serving police officer

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, … Read more

Met Police officer, 22, is found guilty of belonging to banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action

A Metropolitan Police officer has today been found guilty of belonging to banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action. Ben Hannam, from Edmonton in north London, became the first police officer to be convicted of involvement in far-right terrorism following a trial at the Old Bailey.  The 22-year-old, who started at the Met as a trainee in … Read more

Yorkshire mother tells how her bright 15-year-old son transformed into a far-right neo-Nazi

A mother whose ‘ordinary’ son joined National Action, kept a Nazi flag next to his bed and is now a convicted far-right terrorist has warned it could happen to anyone. Katherine, whose second name is being kept secret for fear of reprisals, said her child was caring but turned to extremism after he was robbed at … Read more

Yorkshire mother tells how her bright 15-year-old son transformed into a far-right neo-Nazi

A mother whose ‘ordinary’ son joined National Action, kept a Nazi flag next to his bed and is now a convicted far-right terrorist has warned it could happen to anyone. Katherine, whose second name is being kept secret for fear of reprisals, said her child was caring but turned to extremism after he was robbed at … Read more