Walter Finch
FAR-RIGHT instigator Tommy Robinson has returned to his safe haven bolt hole in Spain.
He was most recently spotted in an Indian restaurant over the weekend in his regular getaway of Albir on the Costa Blanca.
Real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, he was reportedly ‘seen on the phone to his brother, discussing his legal issues and the unrest in the UK.’
Albir, a 10-minute drive from Benidorm, was Lennon’s base of operations last summer after the Olive Press revealed that he had been using a luxury villa belonging to a British billionaire to film his podcast.
When in Albir, he has been known to take long walks in the surrounding hills and work out in the local Neo Fit.
An investigation by this newspaper found that Lennon had been granted access to the €1.6 million property owned by highstreet fashion tycoon Phillip Day, who used to own household names Peacocks, Jaeger and Austin Read.
A spokesperson for Day denied that the billionaire had any knowledge of which individuals had access to one of his many properties on the Costa Blanca, which are managed by a private company.
He went on to say at the time that Day was ‘unaware of the situation’.
“[Day] has no control or say over the company, which is managed by a professional team and owns multiple properties,” he added.
Lennon also has links to other fellow far-right extremists in the area, making it an attractive location for him.
An intense media spotlight has been shone on the 41-year-old after he was accused of stoking the anti-immigration riots that broke out across England at the start of August.
After leaving the United Kingdom on July 28, his movements were traced to the Costa Blanca, where the Olive Press has previously reported that he receives safe haven from this network of far-right sympathisers.
From Valencia train station, he is thought to have travelled to Austria, from where he flew to Cyprus to enjoy a holiday in a five-star resort in Ayia Napa.
After he was rumbled by a number of UK newspapers lounging around by the pool, constantly glued to his phone while parts of England burned, he moved on to Athens in Greece.
Now back in Spain and leading a jet-set lifestyle, it raises the question of how he is able to fund his movements and lavish hotels.
Lennon was declared bankrupt in 2021, had his UK bank accounts closed and his social media accounts demonetised.
Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele has announced that MI5 will look ‘very carefully’ at who has been providing the funds.
“They’ll be looking at things like their travel movements, who they’ve been in touch with, monetary transfers and so on, because that will reveal or not, as the case may be, a pattern of behaviour which can lead to some conclusions about the degree to which Russia has been interfering in this situation,” the former spy said on Times Radio.
Meanwhile, The Sunday Times reported that Lennon, and his associates used a web of secretive companies to funnel profits of more than £1.6 million – thought to be from donations – before filing for insolvency without paying any tax.
