MADRID 25 Oct. () –
The British ultranationalist agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, alias ‘Tommy Robinson’, has been charged this Friday under the national anti-terrorism law for not having provided the unlock code for his mobile phone when requested by the Police.
According to the charge sheet picked up by Sky News, ‘Robinson’ has been charged with one count of failing to provide his mobile phone PIN under Schedule 7 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2000.
The law allows police to stop anyone passing through a UK port “to determine whether they may be involved or involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.”
A court had issued a warrant for Robinson’s arrest for contempt for refusing to appear in court during a hearing in late July. After being arrested and later released on bail, he left the country the day after leading a protest in London, only to be arrested again upon his return. The ‘ultra’ has been handed in at a police station in Folkestone, Kent.
‘Robinson’ will spend the next few hours in police custody before appearing at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday to answer a defamation charge against a Syrian refugee, a spokesperson confirmed through the activists’ X social media account.
The Times newspaper reported in July that Robinson could be imprisoned after screening during Saturday’s so-called “patriotic rally” a banned film depicting a bullying incident at Almondbury Community School, where a Syrian refugee was attacked in a playground.
That month Robinson, 41, was ordered to pay more than €100,000 plus court costs for defaming the 15-year-old refugee, and was deemed likely to breach a court order at the latest screening.
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