# Danny Tommo pleads guilty after slashing migrant boat in Channel

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/danny-tommo-pleads-guilty-after-slashing-migrant-boat-in-channel/
- Published: 2026-11-12T10:07:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T10:20:59+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/danny-tommo-pleads-guilty-slashing-migrant-boat-in-channel
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Danny Tommo admitted criminal damage after slashing a migrant boat.
- The dinghy was being assisted by rescue services.
- He denies a separate charge over his phone PIN.

## Summary

Danny Tommo, whose real name is Daniel Thomas, has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after slashing a migrant boat in the English Channel. The case concerns an encounter with a dinghy being assisted by rescue services, and Thomas had previously denied the charge.

Prosecutors said Thomas steered his boat near the dinghy on 22 September and used a knife to slash it as rescue personnel approached. He also faces a separate charge of refusing to disclose his phone PIN to police; he reiterated his not guilty plea to that charge on Thursday.

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