Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeRight-wing extremist Tommy Robinson has lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian schoolboy who was filmed being attacked at school. The former English Defence League leader, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sued by Syrian schoolboy Jamal Hijazi. (Image: Dan Rowlands / SWNS.com)Robinson was also ordered to pay Jamal's costs of bringing the libel claim. Jamal sued Robinson for libel, saying he had faced "death threats and extremist agitation". On the first day of the libel trial, Jamal's lawyer told the court that Robinson's comments "turned Jamal into the aggressor, and the bully into a righteous white knight".

Source: Daily Mirror July 22, 2021 13:15 UTC