Article 5V7JW Tommy Robinson pursued for estimated £2m debt after bankruptcy claim

Tommy Robinson pursued for estimated £2m debt after bankruptcy claim

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Josh Halliday
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Syrian schoolboy who won libel case against Anti-Islam activist has not seen penny of 100,000 damages

The far-right activist Tommy Robinson is being pursued for an estimated 2m by creditors after he claimed bankruptcy during a high court libel trial.

The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, declared himself bankrupt in a high court trial last year in which he was ordered to pay 100,000 in libel damages to a Syrian schoolboy he defamed online.

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