Parole Board documents reveal Covid conspirasist Oliver Lewin has lodged an appeal with the Criminal Cases Review Commission, claiming he was the victim of “entrapment” during a police sting operation
A terror fanatic who vowed to topple the Government has lodged a bid to overturn his conviction, claiming he was the victim of “police entrapment”.
Oliver Lewin, 41, was jailed six years for plotting to bomb phone, TV and radio masts across Britain. The conspiracy theorist, jailed in 2023, was obsessed with the idea that the country was being controlled by “Jewish elites” reporting to Israel.
He also believed that Boris Johnson’s then Tory Government was planning genocide using Covid jabs. Now Parole Board documents reveal Lewin has lodged an appeal with the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
A report said he “disputes his conviction” stating: “He has lodged an application with the Criminal Case Review Commission. Mr Lewin believes that he was subject to entrapment by the police.”
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The Parole Board held a public hearing last month, as well as a closed session, with a report finding that Lewin would not be allowed out on parole.
It found Lewin should be kept behind bars because his “risk to the public would be greater than minimal if he were to be released”.
A prison psychologist told the panel: “I do not feel we have a full understanding of his risk.”
Lewin thought “white people across Europe were being systematically killed by the vaccine” and concluded this “triggered the emergence of a Chinese communist system in Britain”.
He was found guilty at Birmingham crown court of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts.
Lewin had spread conspiracy theories online and expressed hostility towards Jewish people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He had attempted to persuade undercover police officers to target a major transmitter in Sutton Coldfield which serves 4.2 million homes.
Lewin, from Coalville, Leics, had told contacts online: “My idea is to disable vital communications and transport infrastructure to a point that has an impact on the country.”
Police arrested Lewin on August 25, 2021, after determining his real-world plans were accelerating.
He had been conducting reconnaissance of communication masts and sending images with drawings showing where he planned to cut cables.
And he told undercover officers “chop here, job done”, and had started writing a manual for potential supporters, completing four of the intended 17 chapters.
He attempted to recruit friends to assist him, including one who was 16 or 17 years-old at the time.
When police searched his home following his arrest, officers recovered military-style equipment including a lock knife, camping equipment, camouflage clothing and two air a rifles fitted with telescopic sights.
The parole decision noted that risk is greatest when Lewin is online and alone, and that his offending had been “internet-based” when he went looking for conspiracy theories.
If he had been released, the risk management plan would have included restrictions on internet access, mobile phone use and GPS tagging for 12 months at Probation Approved Premises.
At the parole hearing, Lewin, who disputes his conviction and has lodged an application with the Criminal Cases Review Commission, told the panel he now feels “a healthy amount of respect” for Jewish people.
The sentencing judge had noted that Lewin believed the Covid vaccine was designed to kill anyone who took it and that the UK government was complicit in a high-level conspiracy originating from Israel.
