Tommy Robinson ordered to pay £100,000 to Syrian schoolboy after libel case loss

English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has lost a High Court libel case brought by a Syrian schoolboy who was filmed being attacked at school.

The far-right activist was sued by Jamal Hijazi, who was assaulted in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in October 2018.

Shortly after the video of the incident went viral, Robinson claimed in two Facebook videos that Jamal was “not innocent and he violently attacks young English girls in his school”.

At a four-day trial in April, Jamal’s lawyers said Robinson’s comments had “a devastating effect” on the schoolboy and his family, who had come to the UK as refugees from Homs, Syria.

[byronjames]

Britain's most patriotic man gets 100k fine from terrorist 👎👎👎👎

[simonhoulding]

The Syrian boy was the agitator, according to the teachers headmaster and people involved in school that were paid money to be silent

[Cornz]

And NOW the truth is out. The judge dismissed evidence from teachers, parents and pupils about the behaviour of that little brat.

[jcc]

How much grooming gangs pay for their victims after there are sentenced ? We don’t hear about that

[joestacey]

What a total and utter fucking joke this country and law is!!!

[dobs]

He was declared bankrupt months ago so they will not get a penny out of him .

[peterclarke]

A young Syrian asylum seeker brings a libel case to the High Court. I couldn’t afford to do that, so how could he?

[sandon]

how many of us know their children have been bullied at school but cant prove it.

[jamesphelps]

People smuggler ordered to pay £3000 to bereaved familes.That suffocated in the back of a lorry. Tommy Robinson ordered to pay £100, 000 where is the justice.

[maxpaws]

The UK is very kind to Syrian immigrants.
I knew one where I used to live. He got free education, free housing and even a government business loan.

[Senseigainz]

Some of the school kids who ‘claimed’ this happened were getting threats from local gangs to not get involved and retract their statements.

[sabrinatscha]

How many court cases have been brought against the police that admitted to turning a blind eye to mass assault ? And if so, how many were either found in favor of the victims or sensationalized by the media?

[cgsussed]

Still trying to destroy him any way they can...

[sukd]

I dont know about this but i can bet this has been twisted by the courts to persecute this man. Just like they imprisoned him time back with no hearing. This country is truly terrible, who would want to fight for it?

[andyrob]

If only The Independent was as vigorous in defending the British school teacher hounded by people that don’t think free such exists in this country.

[chachatruth]

But
He was not the only one who said that this young boy was not INNOCENT!
This was just a media war!

[Michael-tlqr]

and the court costs, thats gonna add up to half a million. Maybe he's right for once, an asylum seeker has came here and took his home lol

[mikebreen]

How many years ago did Robinson distance himself from the English defense league, an organisation nobody hears about any more? Who does not know his real name?

Yet every time it's trotted out, "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon founder of the English defense league"...

[tinatina]

Tommy exposes the truth. Some people are worried about truth.

[terrymanuell]

look at who the judge was tommy lost before it got started