Key facts
- Tommy Robinson convicted of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence.
- Journalists Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhiner feared for their safety.
- Robinson shared images of the journalists and their families online.
British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, was convicted on Wednesday of harassing two journalists. Robinson was found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence. The case concerned Robinson's response to Daily Mail and Mail Online articles from August 2024, showing him on holiday in Cyprus while riots took place in England. The court heard Robinson used "bully-boy, intimidatory tactics" to frighten reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber, forcing them to employ security or leave home. Robinson admitted hiring private investigators to take photographs of the home addresses of Dirnhuber and Young, saying he had "wanted to find the journalists" to "put pressure on them". He denied the charges, saying he had "panicked" and had been "scared" when the Daily Mail published a story accusing him of "stoking race riots from his sunbed".