Far-right activist says Elon Musk is funding his defense in trial
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as tommy robinsonstood trial on Monday accused of refusing to give police his phone PIN when he was detained under anti-terrorism laws, and said billionaire Elon Musk was funding his defense.
Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his pseudonym tommy robinsonhas become a standard-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain’s most prominent anti-immigration activists, recently organizing a large demonstration in London attended by some 150,000 people.
He said in a video posted on social media ahead of his trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London that Musk, who often posts his messages on
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Yaxley-Lennon, 42, was stopped by police under anti-terrorism powers in July 2024 while driving a silver Bentley through border security at the Channel Tunnel train terminal in southeast England, prosecutor Jo Morris said.
The officer involved said he had become suspicious because of the high-value vehicle, Yaxley-Lennon’s behavior in refusing to make eye contact and because he was alone and had said he was driving towards Benidorm in southern Spain.
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He and his colleagues confiscated Yaxley-Lennon’s phone and asked him to provide the password number.
But he refused, claiming that he was a journalist and that it contained privileged material.
Yaxley-Lennon says he is being pursued by the state for exposing wrongdoing, but his critics denounce him as a far-right agitator with a string of criminal convictions. He denies having intentionally failed to comply with a duty imposed by the Anti-Terrorism Law. The two-day test will end on Tuesday.