this was pc ben hannam at his passing out parade three years ago. his foundation training over, he was taking the oath in front of cressida dick, the commissioner of the metropolitan police. just two years earlier, he was part of the banned neo—nazi terrorist group national action. taking part in fight training in the woods. don't wait for him. no hesitation, get in there first, get him first. and daubing a nazi torch on a graffiti trip to swindon. traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it he was still 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 uploaded just days before he put in his application. it took two years for the police to realise they had a nazi in the ranks, and to raid his home to seize phones and computers. just point them out, don't touch them. that's fine. that phone, this apple watch... they had only unearthed him because the

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it, he was still 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 the 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 list of a neo—nazi internet forum had been leaked. on his bedroom wall, he still had pictures of german soldiers from world war ii. police also found indecent images of children. 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, bu

this was pc ben hannam at his passing out parade three years ago. his foundation training over, he was taking the oath in front of cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police. just two years earlier, he was part of the banned neo—nazi terrorist group national action. let's go. taking part in fight training in the woods. no hesitation, get in there first, get in there first. and daubing a nazi torch on a graffiti trip to swindon. traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it he was still 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 uploaded just days before he put in his application. it took two years for the police to realise they had a nazi in the ranks and to raid his home to seize phones and computers. just point them out, don't touch them. yeah, yeah. no, it's fine. phone, this apple watch. a nazi internet forum had been leaked, a

how did they have pictures of ben hannam for years before he joined have pictures of ben hannam for years before hejoined the police but 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 m

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it, he was still 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 internet just days before he put in his application. this was the 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 list of a neo—nazi internet forum had been leaked. on his bedroom wall, he still had pictures of german soldiers from world war ii. police also found indecent images of children. 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,

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it, he was still 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 the 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 list of a neo—nazi internet forum had been leaked. on his bedroom wall, he still had pictures of german soldiers from world war ii. police also found indecent images of children. 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, b

traces of the graffiti ben hannam sprayed on that trip are still visible in swindon to this day. when he did it, he was still 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

ben hannam did not react particularly to the sentences. his mother and father were in the public gallery and looked 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

ben hannam, the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a neo—nazi terrorist group, has been jailed for four years and four months at the old bailey. 0ur correspondent 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 headline

hannam. the prime minister's senior adviser on ethnic minorities, samuel kasumu, is to leave the role. borisjohnson says 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, has been jailed for four 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 t

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