Tommy Robinson threatened to make families of Mail journalists ‘famous’, court hears 20. October 2026 (19:16) Jurors in harassment trial told reporters who had written about far-right activist feared ‘vigilante attack’Tommy Robinson told the Daily Mail’s editor he would make the paper’s journalists and their families “famous”, the harassment trial of the far-right activist has been told.The threat was made in a voicemail message left on the phone of Ted Verity as Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, allegedly waged a campaign of harassment against journalists from the newspaper. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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