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Tristan Kirk

Anti-Ulez activist jailed for blowing up camera in ‘terrorism-linked’ explosion

An anti-Ulez activist who blew up a camera enforcing the scheme in London in a terrorism-linked explosion has been jailed for 15 years.

Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees, 64, sparked a major police investigation when he detonated explosives in the Ulez camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, south London, at about 6.45pm on December 6, 2023.

The improvised explosive device damaged cars and property up to 100 metres away, with shrapnel striking the outside of a child’s bedroom.

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