Tommy
Robinson arrested over alleged assault at London station
Video
posted online showed the far-right activist near a man lying on the ground at
St Pancras station
Vikram
Dodd Police and crime correspondent
Mon 4 Aug
2025 19.32 BST
The
far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson has been arrested by British police
on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a man was allegedly assaulted at a
London railway station.
Robinson
was arrested on Monday evening at Luton airport as he stepped off a flight from
Faro, Portugal.
British
Transport Police said in a statement: “Officers from BTP have tonight (4
August) arrested a 42-year-old man from Bedfordshire in connection to an
assault at St Pancras station on 28 July.
“The
arrest took place at Luton airport shortly after 6.30pm, following a
notification that the man had boarded an incoming flight from Faro.
“The man
had been wanted for questioning after leaving the country to Tenerife in the
early hours of 29 July following the incident at St Pancras.
“He was
arrested on suspicion of GBH (grievous bodily harm) and will now be taken to
custody for questioning.”
Hours
after the incident at St Pancras, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen
Yaxley-Lennon, took a flight out of Britain, landing first in Tenerife, Spain.
Once
abroad, Robinson went from Tenerife to Faro in Portugal, flying back to the UK
on Monday where police were waiting for him.
He is now
in custody, with detectives due to question him.
Video
from the scene of the alleged assault, which showed a 64-year-old man on the
ground, also recorded Robinson appearing to claim he had acted in self-defence.
The
injured man was released from hospital on Thursday. Police are understood to be
treating him as a victim, not a suspect, at this stage. Police have said he was
admitted to hospital “with serious injuries which are not thought to be
life-threatening”.
CCTV from
the busy central London station has been recovered and studied by detectives.
Robinson had been leafleting at the station earlier, and on the video can be
heard saying “he come at me”.
Robinson
is a former leader of the extreme-right English Defence League. The far-right
monitoring group Hope Not Hate describes him as the “best-known far-right
extremist in Britain”.
Police
believe he left Britain shortly after a video was put online showing him near
the injured man.
The video
does not show how the injured man came to be lying motionless on the floor.
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