A jury convicted British far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, of two counts of harassment causing fear of violence involving MailOnline journalists, Courthouse News Service reports. The case concerned messages, calls and social media posts targeting the reporters after coverage identified his family’s holiday location in Cyprus.
Prosecutors said his conduct included threats to confront the reporters and publication of an image showing one outside his home. The court heard that journalists and their families took security precautions and, in some cases, left their homes.
Yaxley-Lennon denied intending violence or encouraging others to harm the journalists, saying he wanted to challenge their reporting on camera. The verdict addresses conduct directed at individual reporters; it does not resolve the wider debate over the original coverage.
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