# Tommy Robinson ‘retaliated’ to Daily Mail’s race-riots expose by hiring private investigators to track down two journalists to their homes, court hears

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tommy-robinson-retaliated-to-daily-mails-race-riots-expose-by-hiring-private-investigators-to-track-down-two-journalists-to-their-homes-court-hears/
- Published: 2026-10-22T16:50:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T17:26:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16229407/Tommy-Robinson-retaliated-Daily-Mails-race-riots-expose-hiring-private-investigators-track-two-journalists-homes-court-hears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Robinson admitted hiring investigators to find two journalists.
- He denies two harassment charges at Southwark Crown Court.
- Prosecutors say the paper traced his location through his posts.

## Summary

Tommy Robinson told a jury that he hired private investigators to find two Daily Mail journalists at their homes because he wanted to put pressure on them after the paper reported on his social media posts during the 2024 England riots. He is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, denying two charges of harassment causing fear of violence; the case concerns whether his actions and messages were intended to intimidate the reporters in retaliation for their work.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said he was angry about the report and claimed the paper had exposed his family and hotel location, attracting groups of men looking for him. Prosecutors pointed out that the paper had found his location through his own posts and that no identifiable photographs of his children were published. The jury has heard allegations that he threatened a reporter, shared a photograph showing another journalist outside his home, and left a message for the paper’s editor-in-chief saying he had located its staff.

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