Tommy Robinson Walks Free After Facing Prison Over a Passcode

British right-wing firebrand and anti-immigrant crusader Tommy Robinson (born ‘Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’) has spent a fair bit of the past couple of years at loggerheads with the British government, and particularly the new Labour one of Sir Keir Starmer. The woke bunch in White Hall are most definitely not members of Robinson’s fan club, and have gone out of their way to make sure that every single complaint against him – and there are many, as he is both a target and a pretty obnoxious character – is thoroughly investigated as far as its potential for some hoosgow time.

The government believes it works to their advantage to have the voluble bad boy locked up for as long as they can swing it, even though it turns out to be very much an Obi-Wan situation of being struck down and becoming more powerful.

Incarceration enhances Robinson’s rebel appeal to an increasingly oppressed British public as they watch their country disappear around them in real time with the government’s full blessing.

In July of 2024, Robinson was in a quite expensive car and headed out for what was a pretty regular visit to Benidorm, Spain. He was planning to take the Chunnel, whose entrance is in Folkestone, Southeast England. Robinson was stopped in the inspection lane by police and questioned, who found he also had quite a bit of cash on him.

  

Things then took a twist when police demanded that Robinson turn over his phone and the passcode so they could inspect the contents.

Robinson said, ‘No.’

…An officer was suspicious of Robinson because of his behaviour, the expensive car he was driving, a friend’s silver Bentley Bentayga SUV, and the fact he had only bought a ticket to travel on that day, prosecutors previously told Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Police asked the 42-year-old for the pin for his iPhone, but he refused because he said it contained “journalistic material.”

That was insufficient for the police, who had, of course, recognized Robinson, who was none too pleased about what seemed to be purely political harassment. 

 …“He gave short, vague replies and made no eye contact,” she said.

Robinson, who was recognised by police, was led to an interview room and his phone was seized, the court heard.

…Asked to hand over the phone’s Pin, Robinson replied: “Not a chance, bruv… you look like c—s so you ain’t having it.”

“It’s my work, I’m a journalist,” he said, adding that the phone held information about “vulnerable girls”.

“The process by which journalistic material would be protected was explained to him,” Ms Morris said.

After his refusal, Robinson was held and then charged under the UK’s terrorism code. 

…At the time, Kent Police said a 41-year-old man was detained by officers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Under the legislation, police are allowed to stop anyone passing through a UK port “to determine whether they may be involved or concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”.

The person who is detained can be held for up to six hours, is legally obliged to answer questions and must provide the password or Pin for electronic devices, or be held to have committed a criminal offence if they refuse.

Robinson was charged with one count of failing to provide the Pin to his mobile phone under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, police said.

He was turned loose for a trial to be scheduled later.

In October of last year, Robinson was sent to prison on a contempt of court citation, but was released early this past May after the original 18-month sentence was reduced.

He still had some court dates to keep when he walked out, and one of them was for the Chunnel incident.

…Robinson was charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence between August 5 and 7 2024.

He is also facing a separate trial in October next year over an accusation that he failed to provide the Pin for his mobile phone when stopped by Kent Police in Folkestone in July 2024.

There’s also been some interesting discussion about the amount of cash Robinson had on him. It seems that’s often the case anymore, as he’s been debanked in the UK courtesy of his various court cases and status as a dangerous ‘right-wing’ agitator.

Three weeks ago, the hearing on the terrorism charge began, and from the very beginning, the police seemed to have problems justifying the stop. Robinson’s lawyer, paid for by none other than Elon Musk, hammered home the biased and targeted nature of the entire episode.

…Alisdair Williamson KC, defending, said the reason police stopped Robinson for the “fishing expedition” was based to a “significant degree on a protected characteristic”, his Right-wing views.

“We say it is obvious,” he told the court. “He was stopped unlawfully, detained unlawfully for 40 minutes and asked questions that were something to do with his political beliefs.”

Pc Mitchell Thorogood, the officer who detained Robinson, told the court on Tuesday that he did so because it was “unusual” for someone to drive alone in a luxury car that was not his own all the way to Benidorm.

However, Mr Williamson told the court that Robinson’s passport showed he often travelled to Benidorm and the officers’ line of questioning was focused on current affairs, suggesting Robinson’s political beliefs were their “predominant influence”.

There was a break of another few weeks before a decision was rendered, as Robinson – again, accused of a terrorism-related offense – was allowed to go ahead with a previously planned visit to Israel.

Yesterday, everyone was back in court for the verdict and holding their collective breaths.

We live in a totalitarian state.

These snivelling cretins will imprison those who dissent.

Be aware and be awake, your thoughts are criminal and your words are violence to these people.

— The Native Hare (@thenativehare) November 3, 2025

Somehow, Robinson had lucked into a British judge who still believed in freedom.

I CANNOT CONVICT YOU

Tommy Robinson was stopped by police and charged with a terror offence because of his political beliefs, a judge has ruled.

On Tuesday, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was cleared of the terror charge at Westminster magistrates’ court.

He was stopped in his Bentley at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone in July 2024 and accused of “frustration” of police counter-terrorism powers after refusing to give police his mobile phone password.

District Judge Sam Goozee found Robinson not guilty of failing to comply with the counter-terrorism powers during the incident on July 28 last year.

Mr Goozee said: “I cannot put out of my mind that it was actually what you stood for and your political beliefs that acted as the principal reason for this stop.”

He also said Pc Mitchell Thorogood’s decision to stop Robinson was based on a “protected characteristic”, adding: “I cannot convict you.”

That is actually a very powerful comment to have been made by a British judge.

Making it clear a UK citizen was targeted and falsely arrested by British police for personally held beliefs, of which many are based in fact.

The Police either seriously change their direction from…

— LJ 𝕏 (@LORDLJS) November 4, 2025

…Making it clear a UK citizen was targeted and falsely arrested by British police for personally held beliefs, of which many are based in fact. 

The Police either seriously change their direction from here or they will lose all trust and respect from the public.

Robinson’s post-verdict interviews and ones such as this with Ezra Levant emphasize the judge’s scathing criticism of the police in his decision and the illegality of the entire episode.

🚨Tommy Robinson acquitted of all charges under the Terrorism Act.

The judge was blistering in his criticism of the police, saying their testimony lacked “credibility” and that they had in fact targeted Tommy for political reasons, which is illegal.

Incredible outcome. pic.twitter.com/SdtpP5UqjM

— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) November 4, 2025

As Robison predicted, if one watched the mainstream media reports, would any of those salient points make their broadcasts?

I WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF MY POLITICAL BELIEFS!!

Thank you @elonmusk for fighting in my corner, you’re an absolute legend!!! pic.twitter.com/vx405cCP6d

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) November 4, 2025

In fact, they did not.

Robinson was simply found ‘not guilty’ of a terror-related offense. The SkyNews anchor looks so sad and confused about the outcome. 

No mention of the ‘Unlawful Arrest’
No mention of the Judge’s scathing attack on the Police
No mention of the appalling way he was treated

Sky News omits as much as possible regarding the NOT GUILTY verdict on Tommy Robinson

This is why the mainstream legacy media is dying… pic.twitter.com/kMx53qQghZ

— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) November 4, 2025

As another analyst said, this does throw a wrinkle into the next court session, the harassment case. This apparently revolves around two reporters who photographed Robinson and his family on vacation, so Robinson returned the favor and photographed them photographing.

Robinson was arrested and charged with harassment. The reporters were not.

His defense team will now be able to argue that the charges were politically motivated targeting as part of their case.

To his credit, Robinson has been effusive in his thanks to Musk for the generous assistance covering the over £100,000 cost of defending this one legal action.

As he says, though – what a shame an American businessman is the only one willing to pay to defend an Englishman from the overreach of his own government.

The ‘rights’ of Englishmen hang by a slender thread.

At least there’s still one judge who recalls what that phrase used to mean.

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