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Retired engineer Kevin Rees convicted of blowing up ULEZ camera with homemade bomb
Kevin Rees, 63, was convicted for detonating a homemade bomb that damaged property up to 100m away, motivated by opposition to the ultra-low emission zone scheme.
- On Wednesday, jurors at Woolwich Crown Court found Kevin Rees guilty of causing an explosion likely to endanger life after a trial on the Sidcup ULEZ camera attack.
- Investigators tied the attack to Rees's social media activity opposing the ULEZ scheme; he joined anti-Ulez Facebook groups, which he said offered community and expressed strong opposition.
- Using a low-sophistication improvised explosive device , Rees lit a fuse and retreated before the device detonated at about 6.45pm on December 6 2023, propelling shrapnel over 100m and damaging cars and a child's bedroom.
- Following a home search that uncovered explosive powders and three home-made stun guns, Counter Terrorism Policing London arrested Rees on December 18 2023, and he will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court.
- Cameras have been repeatedly damaged since the 2023 ULEZ expansion, with the Sidcup camera installed earlier that day and another cut down in a separate, unrelated camera-cutting incident; ULEZ cameras help Transport for London monitor vehicles for charges.
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Ulez camera bomber 'unhappy' with Sadiq Khan's congestion charge guilty of explosion in south London
A man who was “unhappy” with Sadiq Khan's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) scheme has been found guilty of causing the explosion of an Ulez camera in south-east London.Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees was on trial in the capital, accused of damaging the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, by using a low-sophistication, improvised explosive device (IED) at about 6.45pm on December 6, 2023. Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court today foun…
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Retired engineer found guilty of Ulez camera explosion
Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court found Kevin Rees guilty of one count of causing an explosion likely to endanger life.
·Salisbury, United Kingdom
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