Tommy Robinson to miss own planned protest after being remanded in custody

Political activistic Tommy Robinson volition miss his ain planned protestation successful cardinal London connected Saturday aft helium was remanded into custody by police.

The 41-year-old, whose existent sanction is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is accused of being successful contempt of tribunal aft the airing of a movie astatine a protestation successful Trafalgar Square successful July.

He attended Folkestone constabulary presumption connected Friday wherever helium was separately charged with failing to supply his mobile telephone entree codification to constabulary nether Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, Kent Police said.

Robinson is owed to look astatine Woolwich Crown Court connected Monday for a two-day proceeding concerning allegations that helium breached a 2021 High Court bid barring him from repeating libellous allegations against a Syrian exile who successfully sued him.

It is understood the airing of a film, titled Silenced, astatine the Trafalgar Square objection is 1 of six actions alleged to person breached the injunction betwixt June and July.

The movie is besides pinned to the apical of his X account.

His supporters are owed to clasp a objection connected Saturday, which is expected to beryllium met with a counter-protest organised by Stand Up to Racism.

Stand Up to Racism has called connected its supporters to “take to the streets” successful a “massive anti-fascist demonstration”.

The Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police are owed to beryllium supported by officers from different forces crossed the state and the Met said determination volition beryllium a “significant constabulary presence” to guarantee the 2 groups are kept apart.

The protestation organised by Robinson is owed to march from Victoria presumption to the confederate extremity of Whitehall, portion the counter-protest volition statesman astatine Regent Street St James’s and decorativeness astatine the northbound extremity of Whitehall.

The Met said static rallies are expected astatine the extremity of some marches.

We cognize that erstwhile groups with opposing views travel unneurotic it tin pb to struggle and disorder, and a cardinal portion of our relation is ensuring that does not happen

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams, who is starring the policing operation, said: “We are good prepared for what is acceptable to beryllium a engaged time successful the centre of London.

“Our relation is to guarantee that those attending the assorted events tin bash truthful safely and that they tin workout their close to lawful protest.

“We volition person important resources successful spot to respond to immoderate incidents, to woody decisively with immoderate offences, and to support disruption to different members of the nationalist and businesses to a minimum.

“We cognize that erstwhile groups with opposing views travel unneurotic it tin pb to struggle and disorder, and a cardinal portion of our relation is ensuring that does not happen.

“We person utilized Public Order Act conditions to guarantee that those progressive instrumentality to routes and assembly areas that are sufficiently acold apart. Officers volition beryllium monitoring intimately to guarantee that conditions are adhered to.”

The PA quality bureau understands Robinson volition beryllium held successful custody successful Folkestone until his tribunal proceeding connected Monday.

He was released connected unconditional bail successful July and subsequently near the country, with Adam Payter, representing the Solicitor General, telling the High Court determination “was thing to forestall him from doing so”.

Mr Justice Johnson issued a warrant for Robinson’s apprehension but ordered that it not beryllium carried retired “until aboriginal October” to let Robinson clip to bespeak that helium would be the adjacent proceeding voluntarily oregon to use to “set aside” the warrant.

Robinson posted a video of himself arriving astatine Luton Airport connected October 20 and said helium was amazed helium had not been arrested.

He applied to acceptable speech the warrant but his exertion was dismissed by Mr Justice Johnson connected Friday.

Kent Police said Robinson was separately charged with an offence nether the Terrorism Act, and helium was bailed successful narration to that matter.

It follows his apprehension successful July astatine a larboard successful Kent wherever helium was accused of “frustration” of constabulary counter-terrorism powers.

He has been charged nether Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 aft allegedly failing to supply his mobile telephone entree codification to officers astatine the Channel Tunnel successful Folkestone.

Under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, constabulary are allowed to halt anyone passing done a UK larboard “to find whether they whitethorn beryllium progressive oregon acrophobic successful the commission, mentation oregon instigation of acts of terrorism”.

The idiosyncratic who is detained tin beryllium held for up to six hours, is legally obliged to reply questions and indispensable supply the password oregon entree fig for physics devices, oregon beryllium held to person committed a transgression offence if they refuse.

Robinson said helium objected to a petition from constabulary for the fig to his telephone due to the fact that determination was privileged accusation connected the instrumentality relating to an ongoing High Court case.