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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Police suspected Tommy Robinson had information relevant to acts of terrorism on phone, court told

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London on 13 October 2025.
Tommy Robinson, attending Westminster magistrates court on Monday, says his phone had ‘journalistic material on it’. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers who stopped Tommy Robinson as he tried to leave the UK last year had reasonable suspicions that his phone contained information relevant to acts of terrorism, prosecutors have told his trial.

The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel tunnel on 28 July 2024.

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