UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson faces trial over threats to reporters

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1. Mon, 19 October 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)09:10first to report
     UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson faces trial over threats to reporters

     Prosecutors allege Robinson threatened to visit reporters’ homes and posted about locating them

   • rutland-times.co.uk11:00
     Tommy Robinson used ‘bully-boy tactics’ to frighten journalists, court told

     The political activist denies two counts of harassment causing fear of violence.

   • aol.co.uk12:00
     Tommy Robinson used ‘bully-boy tactics’ to frighten journalists, court told

     Political activist Tommy Robinson used “bully-boy, intimidatory tactics” to frighten two journalists, forcing them to employ security or leave home, a court has heard. Robinson, 43, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence to MailOnline reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber through his X account between August 5 and 7 2024. Opening the case at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, prosecutor Ben Holt told jurors the defendant...

   • The Guardian World16:36
     Journalists forced to flee homes after Tommy Robinson shared images of where they lived online, court told

     Far-right activist is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence to two MailOnline reporters Journalists and their family members had to flee their homes after “bullyboy, intimidatory tactics” were deployed by the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson, a court has been told as his harassment trial got under way. Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was alleged to have targeted journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail Online by circulating images of...

2. Tue, 20 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World17:16
     ‘I’ll make you famous’: court hears recording of Tommy Robinson threat to Daily Mail editor

     Jurors in harassment trial told reporters who had written about far-right activist feared ‘vigilante attack’ Tommy Robinson told the Daily Mail’s editor he would make the paper’s journalists and their families “famous”, the harassment trial of the far-right activist has been told. The threat was made in a voicemail message left on the phone of Ted Verity as Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, allegedly waged a campaign of harassment against journalists from the newspaper....