Tommy Robinson admits he hired private investigators to find journalists' addresses

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, giving evidence before his defence barrister Alisdair Williamson KC and Justice Cavanagh at Southwark Crown Court (Image: Elizabeth Cook/Press Association)

FAR-RIGHT agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as "Tommy Robinson", has admitted to hiring private investigators to look into journalists who published a story about him while on a family holiday.

The story, shared by the Daily Mail and MailOnline, related to posts he made on social media from an overseas holiday in Cyprus during the Southport riots.