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Tommy Robinson cleared of terror-related offence over phone code refusal
- District Judge Sam Goozee on November 4 found Tommy Robinson not guilty of refusing to provide his phone PIN at the Channel Tunnel, Folkestone on July 28 last year.
- Kent Police stopped Tommy Robinson using Schedule 7 after officers became suspicious of his demeanour and short, vague replies, prompting PC Mitchell Thorogood to demand his phone PIN.
- Asked to hand over the PIN, Robinson said `Not a chance, bruv` and claimed `it's my work, I'm a journalist`, saying the phone held information about `vulnerable girls`.
- After a two-day trial finished on October 14, the verdict was delayed because Tommy Robinson had a pre-planned trip to Israel, and Robinson said Elon Musk had `picked up the legal bill`.
- Alisdair Williamson KC told the court that the stop was unlawful and discriminatory, while the court heard journalistic material protections highlighted tensions with Schedule 7 powers.
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UK far-right activist Robinson cleared of terror offence over phone access
A UK judge on Tuesday cleared far-right activist Tommy Robinson of a terrorism offence after he refused to let police access his phone last year, in his latest high-profile criminal case.
Tommy Robinson is a wasteman, but he shouldn't have been arrested using terror laws
A court has found Tommy Robinson to be innocent of a terror-related offence. It follows a border stop in which Robinson refused to hand his phone over to the police. Unfortunately, it’s far from the first time authorities have used terror legislation as a blanket excuse to do whatever they like. Robinson detained under Terrorism Act As reported by the BBC, Tommy Robinson was stopped by the police at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. It was the…
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