Stephen Harwood-Stamper, 63, used an angle grinder to cut down the camera before another individual caused it to explode.

Harwood-Stamper, of Horsham in West Sussex, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and on Monday, October 6, he was sentenced to a community order.

Stephen Harwood-Stamper pictured leaving Woolwich Crown Court (Image: Newsquest)

Prosecutor Charles Drinnan told Woolwich Crown Court that on the morning of December 6, 2023, the ULEZ camera was installed at the junction of White Oak Gardens and Willersley Avenue in Sidcup, south east London.

“Later that day the defendant drove to the camera and used an angle grinder to cut down the pole. The camera was later destroyed by an improvised explosive device , although that’s not linked to this defendant,” Mr Drinnan said.

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