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Tommy Robinson returns to UK after fleeing from England
Robinson, actual title Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been residing internationally since July after being charged with contempt of court docket in England regarding a movie he performed at a protest in London.
The far-right activist’s movie, Silenced, repeated false claims he made a couple of Syrian refugee that led to him dropping a libel case in 2021.
He beforehand informed his followers on social media that he could be returning to the UK to host a protest outdoors 10 Downing Road on October 26 and reportedly landed again at Luton Airport on Sunday night.
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On Saturday afternoon the far-right agitator shared a put up on Twitter/X saying he anticipated to be detained on his arrival.
Within the video, he made a “direct enchantment” to Elon Musk as he stated he was “grateful” that the tech billionaire’s social media platform allowed him to put up the movie.
“This movie is in regards to the trigger they are going to try to get you,” he stated. “They may weaponise them towards Donald Trump as they’ve, towards anybody who speaks out.”
The Excessive Court docket gave Robinson two months to return voluntarily to the UK to elucidate why he missed the listening to again in July earlier than the bench warrant was enforceable.
The Sunday Occasions’ Caroline Wheeler reported that the warrant was activated over the weekend.
Nevertheless, it was reported that he was not arrested on his arrival again to the UK regardless of drumming up “monetary assist” from his followers to assist together with his authorized charges.
He’s been urging his supporters on social media to point out up for a rally in London towards Keir Starmer on Saturday, to show towards the UK jailing rioters over the summer time.
Jeremy Corbyn is amongst impartial MPs who’re organising a counter-protests towards the “division and hatred” promoted by Robinson.
The English Defence League founder was as a result of seem on the Royal Courts of Justice in July for a listening to in his newest contempt of court docket case however fled the nation as an alternative.
In 2018, a video went viral of Jamal Hijazi being attacked in a Huddersfield college playground. On the time, Robinson posted movies on Fb saying the teenager boy had been attacking “younger English women”, claims the Excessive Court docket discovered to be false.
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He was ordered by a choose to pay Hijazi £100,000 in damages, in addition to authorized prices, and ordered to not repeat the libellous statements.
Nevertheless, Robinson started repeating the claims in 2023, together with within the movie distributed on-line.
Robinson’s court docket listening to is due on October 28.
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