UK police officer convicted of membership of neo-Nazi terrorist group

A police officer has been convicted of being a member of a neo-Nazi terrorist group, three years after he was allowed to join the Metropolitan Police.

Benjamin Hannam became involved with National Action in 2016 and continued activities with a successor group after it was banned in December that year.

The 22-year-old is believed to be the first British police officer ever to be convicted of a terror offence.

He was found guilty of membership of a terrorist organisation following a trial that was subject to blanket reporting restrictions, and also admitted possessing a prohibited image of a child.

Hannam, who denied that he had ever been a member of National Action, was found guilty of two counts of fraud for lying on police application and vetting forms.