Tommy Robinson secretly recorded interviews to support libel defence, UK court told

The 38-year-old is being sued by a Syrian refugee named Jamal Hijazi, who was filmed being attacked in Almondbury School playground in Huddersfield in November 2018

Tommy Robinson at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA)

Tommy Robinson secretly recorded conversations with school staff in an attempt to harness evidence in his libel trial involving a boy he accused of violence against young girls, the UK High Court has heard.

The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said he “had to” film people covertly, because they might not want to stand by him in court.