Overview
- Kevin Rees detonated a homemade explosive beside a newly installed ULEZ camera in Sidcup on 6 December 2023, causing blast damage to vehicles and property up to about 100 metres away while miraculously injuring no one.
- A jury convicted Rees in January 2026 of causing an explosion likely to endanger life and of possessing three prohibited homemade stun guns, and he was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 2 October 2026.
- Police and prosecutors linked Rees to the device using CCTV route footage, forensic analysis of the remains, material seized from his home and social media posts that showed hostility to the ULEZ scheme.
- The judge found the offence had a 'terrorism connection', a legal determination that increased the sentence and will impose stricter licence and supervision conditions when Rees is released.
- The case highlights how online anti‑ULEZ campaigning and repeated camera attacks after London’s 2023 ULEZ expansion can escalate into violent offences prosecuted under explosives and terrorism laws.