Don't miss our must-read newsletter Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with being a member of a far-right terrorist group, Scotland Yard has said. Benjamin Hannam, 21, of north London, has been charged with five offences following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command and has been suspended from duty, Scotland Yard said. He is also charged with falsely representing in his vetting form to join the Met on or before October 24 2017 that he had not been a member of National Action. It is alleged that on July 22 2018 he was in possession of an indecent photograph of a child. He is also charged with being in possession of a prohibited image of a child on November 27 2016.

Source: Daily Mirror July 09, 2020 22:01 UTC