Overview
- Kevin Rees was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday to 15 years for causing an explosion likely to endanger life and to a concurrent three‑year term for possession of three homemade stun guns.
- The device destroyed a roadside Ultra Low Emission Zone camera in Sidcup and sent shrapnel more than 100 metres, damaging vehicles and a child’s bedroom window while miraculously causing no serious injuries.
- Counter Terrorism Policing London used CCTV, deleted photos recovered from Rees’s phone, and forensic analysis showing a metal cylinder filled with black powder to tie him to the attack.
- Searches of Rees’s home after his arrest on 18 December 2023 uncovered a postal package with aluminium powder and iron oxide that can form low explosive mixtures, plus chemicals in his loft and three homemade stun guns.
- Prosecutors relied on Rees’s online activity opposing the ULEZ scheme and posts urging damage to cameras to show motive, and the judge’s terrorism finding signals that violent acts aimed at influencing public policy can be prosecuted under counter‑terror laws.