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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Tommy Robinson threatened to publish details about journalist’s family, court told

Robinson in grey overcoat outside court.
Tommy Robinson, pictured outside Southwark crown court on Tuesday, is being tried on charges of harassment against two MailOnline journalists. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Reuters

The far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson threatened to publish details about a journalist’s family and warned him that they would have to move home, a court has been told.

The alleged threats were said to have been made in a telephone call by Robinson to one of a number of journalists involved in reporting on his activities after the 2024 Southport killings, when he was accused of influencing the subsequent riots.

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