Trial hears Robinson 'intimidated' Daily Mail reporters
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Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, arrives at Southwark Crown Court for his five-day trial Political activist Tommy Robinson used "bully-boy, intimidatory tactics" to frighten two Daily Mail journalists, forcing them to employ security or leave home, a court has heard.
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The 43-year-old from Bedfordshire, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence towards reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber.
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Opening the trial, prosecutor Ben Holt said the case was about Yaxley-Lennon's reaction to what he perceived to be "an unnecessary intrusion into his holiday" in the aftermath of the 2024 Southport attacks.
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Robinson, who founded the English Defence League, entered not guilty pleas to the charges in July last year.
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Holt said Dirnhuber had to move house because of the alleged harassment, while Young was given a close protection officer by the Daily Mail after photographs of his wife and children were posted on Robinson's X account.
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The judge at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Cavanagh, told the jury: "This is not a trial about or an assessment of the defendant's political views."
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Ben Holt, for the prosecution, described Yaxley-Lennon as a "well-known public figure" with a "large, vocal online following" that now included more than two million followers on social media website X.
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Robinson posted on X before the trial began to thank the social media platform's owner Elon Musk for funding his case – and said his court fees to date had cost him £400,000.
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The trial at Southwark Crown Court concerns Yaxley-Lennon's response to articles published by the Daily Mail and MailOnline Holt said that after the murders of three young girls in Southport on 29 July 2024, Yaxley-Lennon made a number of posts on social media.
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This alerted the Daily Mail and Mail Online to the fact that he was in Cyprus.
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The Daily Mail published articles that included photographs of the defendant, including one showing him "reclining on a sunbed using his mobile telephone". Southwark Crown Court heard that over the following days, he made a series of posts on his X account in response.
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On 4 August, these included: "The daily mail have purposely gave the location of where I am with my children knowing full well that people want to kill me."
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Another post said: "The daily mail have purposely doxed the exact location of my family.
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How can they be allowed to do this'."
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There were no identifiable pictures of Yaxley-Lennon's children published by the Daily Mail or in the Mail Online, jurors were told. Holt said the trial was about Yaxley-Lennon's reaction to the articles, and accused him of using "bully-boy tactics" to "intimidate" the journalists.
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"He chose to frighten them, arrange for individuals to go to their addresses," said the prosecuting counsel.
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"On social media — to millions of followers — he circulated images of their homes.
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"His supporters got involved — threatening the journalists.
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"Understandably, you might agree, they were scared; in some circumstances, being forced to leave their homes."
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Stephen Yaxley-Lennon spoke to crowds outside Southwark Crown Court before heading inside The court heard that on 5 August, Dirnhuber received a number of direct messages from Robinson/Yaxley-Lennon.
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These included "you have endangered my children", "I'll be knocking at your door," and "let your bosses know I'm coming to all of your houses".
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The jury panel also heard details of an alleged phone conversation between Yaxley-Lennon and Young.
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"He said that he had Mr Young's telephone number.
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He recited his home address," Mr Holt told jurors.
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Yaxley-Lennon then became, according to Mr Young, "increasingly menacing".
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The prosecutor continued: "He raised his voice, he was swearing and shouting. "He said that he had been researching Mr Young's family and threatened to publish photographs of them and their addresses online.
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"Mr Lennon told Mr Young that he would be coming to Mr Young's house and he would have to move house.
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"He was going to shove a camera in his face and ask questions.
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"Mr Young told him that he did not want to engage with him — all complaints should be directed to the Daily Mail legal department.
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"Mr Young believes Mr Lennon said 'I'm coming to get you'."
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The prosecutor said it would have been "inevitable" that Robinson's posts would lead his supporters to "pick up the baton" and target the journalists.
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He referred to a post from somebody who had displayed a picture of Mr Young's Suffolk address online.
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The prosecutor said: "This was never going to be a one-man campaign; it was inevitably going to draw others in."
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Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Ted Verity also provided evidence to police of a voicemail he received from an individual identifying himself as "Tommy Robinson", who allegedly told him that he had "already located every... one of you". The jury was told that Yaxley-Lennon's case was that his family "had been put in danger by the actions of the Daily Mail" and he had acted to "protect his family".
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On X he posted: "What is good for the goose is good for the gander."
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The trial, in front of a jury of nine men and three women, is expected to last for five days.
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Tommy Robinson pleads not guilty to harassment
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