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The 42-year-old was detained by the British Transport Police aft disembarking from a formation from Portugal.
Published On 4 Aug 2025
Police successful the United Kingdom person arrested the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant activistic Tommy Robinson connected suspicion of assault, pursuing an onslaught past period astatine London’s St Pancras station.
The far-right campaigner, whose existent sanction is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested astatine astir 6.30pm (17:30 GMT) connected Monday evening astatine Luton airport, which is located northbound of the English capital.
Robinson had conscionable landed determination connected a formation from the Portuguese metropolis of Faro.
His detention comes a week connected from the alleged battle astatine 1 of London’s main railway terminals.
“The antheral had been wanted for questioning aft leaving the state to Tenerife successful the aboriginal hours of 29 July pursuing the incidental astatine St Pancras,” the British Transport Police (BTP) said connected Monday evening.
He volition present beryllium questioned successful custody “on suspicion of… grievous bodily harm”, the BTP added.
Although the connection did not straight sanction Robinson, helium was shown successful a video of the incidental that was wide circulated online.
In the footage, the erstwhile laminitis of the far-right English Defence League is seen walking adjacent a motionless man, claiming to person acted successful self-defence.
The different antheral was taken to infirmary with superior injuries, which the constabulary said were “not thought to beryllium beingness threatening”.
Robinson has galore convictions for nationalist bid and contempt offences.
In May, helium was released from a prison successful Buckinghamshire 4 months early, aft the precocious tribunal chopped his 18-month sentence.
He was imprisoned successful October 2024 for contempt of tribunal aft admitting that helium had flouted an injunction that prevented him from repeating mendacious claims astir a Syrian schoolboy.
The injunction came into unit aft the far-right activistic mislaid a libel lawsuit against Jamal Hijazi, a Syrian exile whom Robinson was judged to person defamed.
Robinson has been described by the advocacy radical Hope Not Hate arsenic “the UK’s astir notorious far-right extremist”.
Earlier this year, tech billionaire and erstwhile advisor to United States President Donald Trump, Elon Musk called for Robinson to beryllium freed from a UK situation wherever helium was held astatine the time, and wherever helium is apt to beryllium returning aft his latest arrest.
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