Tommy Robinson loses libel case against Syrian schoolboy

Tommy Robinson loses libel case against Syrian schoolboy
Tommy Robinson leaving the Royal Courts of Justice earlier in the case (PA)

Tommy Robinson has lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian schoolboy who was filmed being attacked at school.

The English Defence League founder – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – was sued by Jamal Hijazi, who was assaulted in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield in October 2018.

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