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INSANE: Sidcup - The Real Truth

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

Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees sparked a major police investigation.

Evening Standard · Oct 3

Man jailed for 15 years for blowing up ULEZ camera in southeast London

Kevin Rees has been jailed for 15 years after blowing up the camera in Sidcup in December 2023, damaging cars and houses over 100m away

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Engineer jailed for blowing up Ulez camera with homemade bomb

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

The Independent UK · Oct 2

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Murder charge after 50-year-old man dies following alleged assault in Sidcup

Liam Burgess, 36, will appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, June 24

Evening Standard · Jun 23

Man dies five days after suffering head injuries in assault outside London pub

Stuart Tickner was injured in Station Road, Sidcup at around 1am on Monday May 25

The Independent UK · Jun 3

Man dies five days after assault outside south-east London pub

Stuart Tickner suffered head injuries in the incident in Sidcup on May 25

Evening Standard · Jun 3

Man charged with manslaughter six years after Bexley woman took her own life

Seyhan Assaf, 45, from Sidcup, has been charged with manslaughter and coercive or controlling behaviour

Evening Standard · Mar 6

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Man accused of Ulez camera explosion tells court his memory is ‘blank’

Retired electrical engineer Kevin Rees is accused of damaging the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, by using an improvised explosive device.

Evening Standard · Jan 21

Sidcup man charged with 47 historic rape and sexual offences involving young boys

Edward Sweeney, 84, of Sidcup, will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Monday, February 9

Evening Standard · Jan 2

Massive clearance sale as two London Poundland stores set to close

Poundland shoppers in Mitcham and Sidcup are being urged to snap up bargains as both stores prepare to close their doors for good

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

Residents of London apartment block left without running water for 12 days

Housing association L&Q’s contractor shut off water to flats in Sidcup without warning to repair a pipe

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025

Police hunt suspect after woman's hair cut off by man in Sidcup

Sidcup residents have warned that a suspect in the area ‘likes cutting hair off’

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

ULEZ camera explosion accused suffers suspected stroke on eve of court hearing

The court heard serious injury from the Sidcup ULEZ camera explosion ‘was only averted by good fortune’

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Man charged over IED Ulez camera explosion in south-east London

Kevin Rees, 62, was arrested after an IED damaged the camera in Sidcup on December 6.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024

Man charged with causing explosion to Sidcup ULEZ camera

Police say a man has been charged over an ULEZ camera explosion

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2024

Father of three admits encouraging vandalism of Ulez cameras online

Joseph Nicholls, of Sidcup, pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Old Bexley and Sidcup?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard · May 21, 2024

Gangsters jailed over firearm and ammunition transported in minicab

Armed officers stopped Mojtab Moradi on Days Lane, Sidcup and DNA linked the gun to Robert Reading

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Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024

Driver avoids six-month ban over 'inadequate' 50mph road sign on A20 in Sidcup

Thousands of speeding tickets are believed to have been issued due to a rogue 50mph sign along the road

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Counter-terrorism arrests after Ulez camera blown up in London

Men, 60 and 61, are detained and addresses searched following explosion in Sidcup on 6 December

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

Sidcup: Two quizzed by counter-terror police after Ulez camera blown up with IED

The Ulez camera had been installed on Willersley Avenue earlier in the day before the explosion

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

Bomb attack on Ulez camera ‘grotesquely irresponsible’, says London mayor

Blast in Sidcup not being treated as terrorism but counter-terror officers are leading investigation

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Sadiq Khan slams blowing up of Ulez camera as ‘grotesquely irresponsible’

Counter-terror police are leading an investigation after the camera was damaged in an explosion in Sidcup, southeast London on Wednesday night

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

Ulez camera IED explosion 'grotesquely irresponsible', says Sadiq Khan's spokesman

Counter-terror police are leading an investigation after the camera was damaged in an explosion in Sidcup, south-east London, on Wednesday night.

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2023

Woman in her 20s found dead in home as police probe 'unexpected' death

A woman in her 20s died in her home in Sidcup, south east London, as Met Police officers launched an investigation and attempted to track down her next of kin

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