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Robinson had thousands in cash when held at border
The Independent
|October 14, 2025
Asked for his phone PIN, activist said: 'Not a chance, bruv'
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson was stopped at the border in a silver Bentley SUV with thousands in cash, a trial has heard.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was driving to the Spanish tourist hotspot of Benidorm when he was stopped by officers at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone.
Police were suspicious of Robinson's “vague replies” about what he was doing and demanded access to his iPhone under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
The act gives police the power to stop anyone passing through a UK port “to determine whether they may be involved or concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”.
Robinson told police he would not give up the PIN for his phone because he did not want them to see his “journalist material”.
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