Tommy Robinson charged with harassment causing fear of violence

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been charged with harassment causing fear of violence against two men in August last year, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: "We have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 42, with harassment causing fear of violence against two men. "The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has the right to a fair trial." The 42-year-old will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 5 June, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday.

He was jailed last year for 10 admitted breaches of the injunction, after the Solicitor General issued two contempt claims against him.

The first alleged he "knowingly" breached the order on four occasions, including by having "published, caused, authorised or procured" a film called Silenced, which contains the libellous allegations, in May 2023.

The film was pinned to the top of Robinson's profile on the social media site X, while he also repeated the claims in three interviews between February and June 2023.

The second claim was issued in August last year and concerned six further breaches, including playing the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London last summer.

After being jailed, Robinson lost a bid to bring a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice over his segregation from other prisoners behind bars in March.

He then lost a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal in April. However, three senior judges said he could "still reduce the period he has to spend in custody by taking the steps identified" by Mr Justice Johnson.

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