Syrian teenager suing Tommy Robinson for libel seeks up to £190,000 damages

Jamal Hijazi was attacked in a Huddersfield playground and had to flee town after anti-Muslim' claims about him by far-right activist

A Syrian teenager who is suing Tommy Robinson for libel is seeking between 150,000 and 190,000 in damages from him.

A lawyer for Jamal Hijazi, who was filmed being attacked in a Huddersfield playground and had to flee the town after the far-right activist aired entirely distorted anti-Muslim" claims about him, also said Robinson had continued during the libel trial to exacerbate distress caused to the family.