FAR-RIGHT rabble-rouser Tommy Robinson is facing up to 10 years behind bars after being found guilty of harassing two British journalists.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was convicted at Southwark crown court in London on Wednesday after he threatened two reporters from the Daily Mail newspaper to the extent it caused them fear of violence.
The case related to photos published by the outlet in 2024 showing the 43-year-old lounging at a five-star hotel in Cyprus while he used his online platform to stoke up riots in the UK.
The court heard how Robinson, from Luton, used ‘bully-boy’ tactics to frighten journalists Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber, forcing them to employ security or leave home.
Shortly after the snaps were released, Robinson turned up in Athens and uploaded a video to X in which he threatened the pair, saying: “I will find you.”
“Is it right to record me while I’m sitting with my mum?” he asked, before adding: “And if it is right, expect me to go to your mum’s.”
In another post, Robinson said: “The Daily Mail have purposely gave the location of where I am with my children knowing full well that people want to kill me.”
The political activist admitted hiring private investigators to take photographs of the journalists’ home addresses.
Dirnuber and his partner were forced to leave their home, while Young and his family were afforded police protection after a campaign of intimidation.
After the guilty verdicts, Frank Ferguson, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said the former English Defence League (EDL) leader had ‘weaponised social media and subjected two journalists to a campaign of harassment which caused them serious fear of violence’.
Robinson has been granted bail ahead of sentencing, which is scheduled for December 16.
Harassment causing fear of violence can carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail – or up to 14 years if the offence is racially or religiously aggravated.
The case bears an eerie similarity to threats he launched against Olive Press journalists back in 2023 after we exclusively revealed he had been staying in a luxury villa on the Costa Blanca.
Robinson had been using the property in L’Albir, near Benidorm, to host a series of British and American extremists on his podcast, including Gavin McInnes, founder of the notorious Proud Boys.
Rattled by our reporting, Robinsons claimed he had ‘found out’ where our journalists lived, claiming in a post on his Telegram channel: “I got all your details straight away.
“I know exactly where you live. You live at your mum’s, you sad little p***k.
“What, you want to show pictures of where I live? See if you like it when I come and knock on your mum’s door.”
The Olive Press revealed that the swanky €1.5 million villa was owned by British fashion tycoon Philip Day, who previously owned household brands including Peacocks and Jaeger.
Robinson, who holds an Irish passport, has a documented history of ‘hiding’ in Spain and Portugal – particularly the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and Canary Islands – often using high-end properties as hideouts and production bases for his extremist online content.
We established he spent Christmas 2023 in Tenerife with German far-right activist Lutz Bachmann, who had been banned from entering the UK.
And last year, the Olive Press revealed that Robinson had fled to Tenerife after being filmed near an unconscious man at London’s St Pancras train station – although assault allegations were later dropped.
He has previously lived in Marbella, uploading videos from the exclusive Manolo Santana Racquet Club in Istan, and has also been spotted holidaying at the Quinta do Lago resort in the Algarve with his family.
But over the last year he has been increasingly visiting Spain and Portugal, with Olive Press readers regularly informing us of sightings and movements.
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