Tommy Robinson admits spewing lies against refugee who was victim of assault

Tommy Robinson has pleaded guilty to contempt of court at Woolwich Crown Court.

The two-day hearing concerns allegations that he breached a 2021 High Court order barring him from repeating libellous allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him.

Robinson, 41 whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is accused of contempt after airing a banned film at a protest in Trafalgar Square in July.

The documentary, called ‘Silenced’ – shows a Syrian refugee being assaulted by another pupil in the playground a school in Huddersfield – was broadcast despite a judge previously calling it contempt of court.

The victim successfully sued Robinson in 2021 for libel and the former English Defence League leader was ordered to pay him £100,000 in damages plus costs.

Robinson attended Folkestone police station on Friday where he was remanded into custody and separately charged with failing to provide his mobile phone access code to police under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

On Saturday, thousands of his supporters gathered in central London for a protest which the political activist missed after he was remanded.

Demonstrators carried placards reading ‘Two tier Keir fuelled the riots’ and chanted ‘We want Tommy out’ as they headed from Victoria station to Parliament Square.

Robinson was released on unconditional bail in July and subsequently left the country, with Adam Payter, representing the Solicitor General, telling the High Court there ‘was nothing to prevent him from doing so’.

Mr Justice Johnson issued a warrant for Robinson’s arrest but ordered that it not be carried out ‘until early October’ to allow Robinson time to indicate that he would attend the next hearing voluntarily or to apply to ‘set aside’ the warrant.

Robinson posted a video of himself arriving at Luton Airport on October 20 and said he was surprised he had not been arrested.

He applied to set aside the warrant but his application was dismissed by Mr Justice Johnson on Friday.

Metro