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‘Tommy Robinson’ tells court he secretly recorded school staff in bid to win libel case
Tommy Robinson arrives at arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Saturday

“TOMMY ROBINSON” secretly recorded conversations with school staff in a bid to gather evidence for a libel case against him, the High Court heard today.

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

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

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