Retired Engineer Jailed for 15 Years Over Climate Camera Bombing
Retired electrical engineer Kevin Rees sentenced to 15 years for bombing a London climate tax camera, with terrorism link flagged by police.
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A retired electrical engineer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing a climate tax camera in London. Kevin Rees, 64, was found guilty of causing an explosion that endangered lives and possessing homemade taser-like weapons. The court in London heard that Rees, who opposed the rollout of smart surveillance cameras under London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) initiative, used an improvised explosive device (IED) to destroy a camera in Sidcup, Kent on December 6, 2023.
Opposition to Climate Cameras
Rees was a vocal critic of the ULEZ scheme, which imposes steep daily fees on car owners with older, more polluting engines. Critics, including Rees, decried the system as a form of climate surveillance, arguing it unfairly targets working-class tradesmen who rely on diesel trucks. The campaign against the cameras became so intense that the London city government had to deploy mobile surveillance vans and, allegedly, masked enforcers to protect the infrastructure.
Terrorism Connection Raised
Police flagged a potential terrorism connection in Rees’ case, citing the use of an IED and the presence of explosive materials. The explosion damaged passing vehicles and nearby homes, with one piece of the camera propelled over 100 meters into a house. Although no one was seriously injured, the force of the blast was significant. Metropolitan Police noted that Rees was a “committed campaigner against the ULEZ scheme” and that his home did not contain explosives, though raids on his properties uncovered materials that could be used to form low explosive compositions.
Anti-Camera Activism
A group of anti-camera activists, calling themselves “blade runners,” had previously sabotaged hundreds of cameras, often on the same day they were installed. They cut cables or felled posts, but Rees’ case marked a more extreme form of resistance. The prosecution emphasized the severity of the act, noting that the explosion was “likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.”
Source: Breitbart
