Anti-migrant and far-right activist Danny Tommo has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after slashing an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel.
The 37-year-old, whose real name is Daniel Thomas, was arrested in September after footage livestreamed online showed him taking a knife to an inflatable dinghy when a French coastguard official was on board.
He was subsequently charged with criminal damage, which he initially pleaded not guilty to.
However, on Thursday Thomas changed his plea to the single charge when he appeared via video link from prison at Portsmouth Crown Court, LBC reports.
In footage of the incident, Thomas could be heard saying: “This is what needs to happen to everyone in these boats. Right, you’re on English territory, This is England, this is not France anymore.
“Get off the boat, you have time to get off the boat. This is not France. Take them back.”