‘It was miraculous that nobody was killed or seriously injured’ says Met officer after Kevin Rees is sentenced at Old Bailey
Terrorist: ULEZ bomber Kevin Rees has been given 15 years in jail
“Who radicalised him?” LBC presenter James O’Brien asked yesterday as news broke of the 15-year sentence for terrorism offences handed down to ULEZ bomber Kevin Rees.
The severity of the sentence for the 63-year-old retired electrician may have surprised some.
It may also have alarmed others, such as Croydon South’s Tory MP Chris Philp and Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, who in 2023 were part of an anti-ULEZ group on Facebook that publicised destruction and vandalism to public infrastructure, and never condemned it.
This included the destruction of expensive ULEZ cameras, the very act which will see Rees spending many years behind bars.
Rees was sentenced at the Old Bailey yesterday, after he was found guilty of detonating explosives on Wellesley Avenue, Sidcup, at about 6.45pm on December 6, 2023. Continue reading
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