Tommy Robinson denies harassing two Daily Mail journalists
Right-wing political activist Tommy Robinson has denied harassing two Daily Mail journalists.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday to face charges over his alleged conduct towards the two reporters.
He is accused of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence between 5 and 7 of August 2024.
Robinson, from Luton, Bedfordshire, was released from prison on 27 May after he was jailed last October after admitting multiple breaches of an injuction made in 2021.
The injuction had barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, who had successfully sued him for libel.
The former leader of the now-defunct English Defence League had wrongly claimed in an online video that the Syrian teenager was a violent thug.
He later repeated that false allegation 10 times, including during a rally at London's Trafalgar Square last year.
The activist left HMP Woodhill after his 18-month sentence was reduced by four months at the High Court.
He was filmed speaking on his X social media channel for around 20 minutes with longer hair and a bushy beard, and wearing a rosary around his neck, as he left the prison.
Robinson is facing a separate trial in October next year over an accusation that he failed to provide the Pin for his mobile phone when stopped by Kent Police in Folkestone in July 2024.
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