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The anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson has been filmed punching an England fan to the ground outside a football stadium in Portugal. | The anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson has been filmed punching an England fan to the ground outside a football stadium in Portugal. |
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, can be seen walking purposefully toward the man before striking him in the head. | |
Footage shows the man falling to the floor as Robinson shouts: “Fuck about again you’ll get knocked out again, bruv.” | Footage shows the man falling to the floor as Robinson shouts: “Fuck about again you’ll get knocked out again, bruv.” |
The video appears to have been filmed outside the Estádio D Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, where England lost 3-1 to the Netherlands in a Uefa Nations League semi-final match on Thursday night. | The video appears to have been filmed outside the Estádio D Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, where England lost 3-1 to the Netherlands in a Uefa Nations League semi-final match on Thursday night. |
The incident took place little more than a week after the English Defence League founder’s humiliating defeat in the European elections. | The incident took place little more than a week after the English Defence League founder’s humiliating defeat in the European elections. |
Deputy chief constable Mark Roberts, the lead for football policing on the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said: “We have been informed of an incident outside the Guimarães stadium last night and the footage has been passed to our counterparts in Portugal for further investigation. | |
“As with all the disorder that has taken place in Portugal over the past few days, anyone found to be involved in disorder could be subject to a banning order on their return to the UK.” | |
In a message to his supporters on Friday, Robinson showed no remorse. He said he had been defending himself and was “fed up of being a punchbag for people”. | |
Robinson, who has at least five convictions for violence and public order offences, said: “I was walking through there – I hadn’t had a drink, I was with my wife – that man … come up to me twice getting rowdy, in my face, being abusive, being aggressive. | |
“You can see his friend has his hand on him and I said to my wife: ‘I can see where this is going to go, walk awa,’ and I said to the man’s friend, ‘Keep that man away from me.’ He comes back up to me again like that and watch what happens to him.” | |
The footage shows Robinson, 37, striding towards the man saying “Who said that?” But it is not clear what the other man is supposed to have said. | |
Addressing supporters on Telegram, Robinson said: “I’m not going to wait for him to attack me. Twice I warned him. Twice I warned his friends. | |
“All those people there with him, they’re not my friends, their his. Four of them are his friends. I told them: ‘What does he think he’s doing? Keep him away from me.’ The man should keep his opinions to himself and his mouth to himself.” | |
In a separate video published by Robinson, the Luton-born activist is shown being challenged by a man inside the stadium about the incident. | In a separate video published by Robinson, the Luton-born activist is shown being challenged by a man inside the stadium about the incident. |
Robinson can be seen remonstrating with the man before saying: “Think about it. You’re with your friends and I’m with my wife. Think about how much of a wanker that is. You’re an absolute wanker, bruv. And that’s what I said to you. If you’ve got a problem, say it to my face.” | |
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