AKA Tommy Robinson had been scheduled to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice for a contempt of court hearing on Monday.
Tommy Robinson addressed the crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square in central London during a protest he organised. The event took place on Saturday, 27th July 2024. The crowd could be heard chanting “Rule Britannia”, “We want our country back”, and “Tommy Robinson”. In a post shared on X ahead of the protest, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, claimed the protest would be “the biggest patriotic rally the UK has ever seen”.
Tommy Robinson was seen participating in a march at Trafalgar Square this weekend.
Tommy Robinson has reportedly fled the country after committing “flagrant” contempt of court related to a film shown at a protest in central London, the High Court has been informed.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Robinson, also known as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, following his failure to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday for a contempt of court hearing.
The hearing followed accusations that the 41-year-old breached a court order by reiterating falsehoods about a Syrian refugee who sued him in a libel case in 2021.
Robinson did not attend the hearing, and Adam Payter, representing the Solicitor General, stated that Robinson is believed to have left the country. Mr Payter claimed that Robinson fled hours after being released on unconditional bail subsequent to his arrest over the weekend.
According to Mr Payter, Robinson was apprehended in Folkestone, Kent, during a port stop-and-search operation and was arrested by Kent Police under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Protesters outside Downing Street in London demonstrated against the reported arrest of Tommy Robinson. According to his verified X account, Robinson was arrested under anti-terror laws. His detention followed a complaint regarding a film allegedly shown to the crowd at a march in central London on Saturday, led by Robinson.
Mr Payter stated: “We understand he failed to co-operate with a port stop-and-search. The implication is he was attempting to leave the country and therefore was not intending to attend this hearing this morning.”
Mr Payter added that Robinson had been reminded of Monday’s hearing before being released on unconditional bail at 10 pm on Sunday. It is now believed he “left the UK last night and there was nothing to prevent him from doing so.”
Robinson “is not within the jurisdiction of the UK,” the court heard, with Mr Payter adding that he had returned to the UK “with the purpose of publishing the film” before leaving the country again “to put himself beyond the reach of this court’s jurisdiction”.
High Court judge Mr Justice Johnson expressed his satisfaction that the hearing could proceed in Robinson’s absence. He ordered that the proceedings would not resume “until early October” to allow Robinson time to indicate whether he would attend the next hearing voluntarily or apply to “set aside” the warrant.
In a related matter, Syrian refugee Jamal Hijazi successfully sued Robinson in 2021 after the then-schoolboy was assaulted at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in October 2018. A video of the incident went viral. Robinson later made false claims, including allegations about Mr Hijazi attacking girls at his school, which led to the libel case. He was ordered to pay Mr Hijazi £100,000 in damages and cover his legal costs. Mr Justice Nicklin also issued an injunction preventing Robinson from repeating the allegations against the then-teenager.
Campaign group Hope Not Hate later alleged that Robinson had ignored the injunction and repeated the allegations, providing a “dossier of evidence” to the Attorney General’s Office, which prompted the Solicitor General to take legal action.
Following Robinson’s arrest on Sunday, Kent Police released a statement indicating that inquiries were ongoing regarding a 41-year-old man who had been released on bail following his arrest under the Terrorism Act.
“On Sunday, 28th July 2024, a 41-year-old man was detained by Kent Police officers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone,” the statement read. “He was subsequently arrested for frustration of a Schedule 7 examination. He has since been released on bail while inquiries are ongoing.”
Schedule seven of the Terrorism Act allows police to stop anyone passing through a UK port “to determine whether they may be involved or concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”.
Tommy Robinson’s key convictions and other findings
2005: Jailed for assault occasioning actual bodily harm (12 months)
2011: Community order for football brawl (12 months)
2013: Travelling on another man’s passport to the USA (jailed for 10 months)
2014: Mortgage fraud (jailed for 18 months)
May 2017: Contempt of Court finding, three months jail suspended for 18 months
July 2019: Jailed for nine months for interfering with a grooming gang trial in Leeds.
July 2021: Loses defamation case and ordered to pay Syrian refugee £100,000
July 2024: Fails to attend Contempt of Court hearing for allegedly repeating false claims about the refugee
Other offences: Possession of drugs, threatening behaviour and breach of court order
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