Tommy Robinson claims he is bankrupt after losing libel case
Former associates of the far-right activist have previously accused him of misusing donations, spending large sums of money on 'coke and nights out'.
Former associates of the far-right activist have previously accused him of misusing donations, spending large sums of money on 'coke and nights out'.
"First Katie Hopkins is deported from Australia, then Tommy Robinson has to pay £100K libel costs....next up: Jacob Rees Mogg gets fired into a giant custard pie,' wrote one jubilant Twitter user.
The EDL founder was sued by Jamal Hijazi, who was assaulted in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield in 2018.
If Jamal Hijazi wins the claim he should receive damages between £150,000 and £190,000.
"Waitrose Tommy" couldn't even locate Palestine on a map, one person said.
'Up there with "pound-shop Enoch Powell" as perfect political descriptors.'
“We do rely on the defendant’s agenda, which we say is an anti-Muslim one, which is why he waded into this … Jamal was the victim of that.”
And he's "certainly not anti-Muslim", the former EDL leader said.
The court was told that Robinson’s comments “turned Jamal into the aggressor, and the bully into a righteous white knight”.
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