Tommy Robinson loses Jamal Hijazi libel case

By Searchlight Team

25 July 2021

English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been ordered to pay £100,000 in libel damages to a Syrian schoolboy.

The anti-Islam activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, published two Facebook videos in response to a viral clip of Jamal Hijazi being attacked.

He failed to convince the High Court his claims, such as Mr Hijazi attacking “young English girls”, were true.

Read full article by Dominic Casciani on BBC website here

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