This article, authored by Derek VanBuskirk is republished under the Creative Commons “CC BY-NC-ND” license with permission from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Tommy Robinson faced trial Monday for terrorism after reportedly refusing to unlock his phone, claiming to protect “journalist material.”
Robinson, 42, was stopped and detained by British police en route to Benidorm, Spain, while at the Channel Tunnel on the British side, according to The Independent, citing a court appearance. The incident took place back in July 2024 and he was charged under his real name, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the BBC reported. He gave a not guilty plea at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Citing Schedule 7 of the 2000 Terrorism Act, officers requested that Robinson provide the PIN to unlock his phone, according to The Independent. “Not a chance, bruv,” he allegedly responded while saying he was a journalist and that his phone held information about “vulnerable girls.”
In a video shared Monday by Robinson, he claimed he was afraid that granting police access to his phone could result in them intentionally tampering with off-the-record sources. He alleged that police were involved in covering up activities by “Islamic grooming gangs” targeting young British girls.
MUST WATCH! On my way to court – again!!! pic.twitter.com/ps8EIhnE8A
— Tommy Robinson ?? (@TRobinsonNewEra) October 13, 2025
Robinson has at least four prison terms in the last 20 years, ranging from contempt of court to assault and fraud, according to The Week.
Upon returning from a mid-hearing lunch break, Robinson told Urban News Scoop that the trial is a “total abuse of the legal system” claimed it was the second time he has been held unlawfully by the authorities in recent months. He also said he has not been able to rest due to 15 years of legal actions against him.
The court heard that Robinson was detained for driving alone in a Bentley SUV that was not under his name while carrying more than £13,000, according to The Independent.
Reuters reported that Elon Musk, a supporter of Robinson on X, was bankrolling his defense.
If convicted, Robinson could face a £2,500 fine and/or up to three months in jail, according to The Independent. He has denied the allegations against him.
The Terrorism Act allows police to stop individuals passing through a British port “to determine whether they may be involved or concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.” The individual detained can be held for as much as six hours, must answer queries and must turn over PINS or passwords for electronic devices. Failure to do so can lead to criminal charges.
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But no muslims have been detained….THAT would racist!!!!!
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
..it just sounds weird; it feels like the british LEOs randomly make up/twist ‘laws/rules’ on the spot, when doing a street/house interrogation. perhaps i’m wrong..
Robinson and Musk are pushing “Advance” party to split the vote between Labour and Reform. That is a tad suspicious.
Musk and related fund managers are too close to the CCP. Too much money floating around in the wrong places.
we’ll be at war with europe again in 20-30 years. They went full commie and you can’t work with commies
You kidding??? Englandistan will be ONE WITH europistan!!!!!!!
Muslims united!!!!!!!!
You think both countries will be ruled by White Christians or Jews in 10 years????
Both will be consumed by muslims & under strict sharia law!!!!!!
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!
The Hadith states in ‘Virtues of the Quran’ (3) Chapter: The collection of the Quran by Zaid bin Thabit, that while trying to compile the verses of the Quran to keep it from being lost, they discovered they were too late. It had, in fact, already been lost as a complete work from the world of men.
It’s recorded: “So I started looking for the Quran and collecting it from (what was written on) palme stalks, thin white stones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat at-Tauba (Repentance) with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him.”
If only one guy in the whole world had that particular verse and no one else, then there no longer existed a complete Quran anywhere in the world. Therefore, since God’s words cannot perish from the world, the words of the Quran cannot be the words of God. The Hadith testifies to the unreliability of the Quran.
Never give up or give in.
“The court heard that Robinson was detained for driving alone in a Bentley SUV that was not under his name while carrying more than £13,000, according to The Independent.”
OH THE HUMANITY! I’m sure having the name “Tommy Robinson” had nothing to do with it or the seemingly vindictive nature of the law enforcement action.
Law enforcement???
There never has been a human rights and free speech activist (now reporter) that could measure up to the bravery and perseverance displayed by Tommy Robinson. He has faced persecution and imprisonment, often incarcerated in dangerous prison environments, on at least four occasions in the last 20 years so far.
Judging from the ongoing frequency of these trumped-up charges followed nearly always by arrest, it would appear this targeting is set to continue, at least for the foreseeable future. It beggars belief how Tommy manages to keep his sanity and good humour intact.
He deserves a Medal of Honour for his efforts to secure not only justice for young underage victims of rape and torture which has been going on for 40 plus years all over the UK, but an end to such criminal outrages also.