Tommy Robinson has been fined £900 for failing to turn up to court to be questioned about his finances. The 39-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian teenager last year.
The English Defence League founder was supposed to appear at a High Court hearing in March over an unpaid legal bill following the case. However, he failed to attend and was summonsed to court to face contempt proceedings in April.
Schoolboy Jamal Hijazi successfully sued Yaxley-Lennon after he was assaulted at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in October 2018. After the incident went viral, Yaxley-Lennon made false claims about Mr Hijazi, including that he had attacked girls in his school, which led to the libel case.
