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Neo-Nazi first police officer to be convicted of belonging to banned terror group in Britain

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Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A man has become the first British police officer to be convicted of belonging to a neo-Nazi terrorist organisation.

Pc Ben Hannam was found guilty on Thursday (April 1) of membership of banned right-wing extremist group National Action (NA).

The 22-year-old had been working as a probationary officer for the Metropolitan Police for nearly two years before he was found on a leaked database of users of extreme right-wing forum Iron March.

He had signed up to the forum when he joined the London branch of neo-Nazi group NA in March 2016. A jury spend 32 hours deliberating before finding Hannam guilty following a trial at the Old Bailey.

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