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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Josh Halliday

Tommy Robinson pursued for estimated £2m debt after bankruptcy claim

Tommy Robinson
In March Robinson will be officially discharged from bankruptcy, meaning he no longer has to pay back any debts covered by the court finding. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The far-right activist Tommy Robinson is being pursued for an estimated £2m by creditors after he claimed bankruptcy during a high court libel trial.

The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, declared himself bankrupt in a high court trial last year in which he was ordered to pay £100,000 in libel damages to a Syrian schoolboy he defamed online.

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