The far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon left the UK by a Eurotunnel train on Sunday night.
Yaxley-Lennon was due in court on Monday for allegedly breaching an order not to repeat lies about a Syrian refugee
The 41-year-old had been due in court on Monday for allegedly breaching an order not to repeat lies about a Syrian refugee. Yaxley-Lennon was ordered six weeks ago to come to the High Court on Monday to answer the allegation that he had ignored the judge’s order - a serious offence known as contempt of court.
On Sunday, the founder of the English Defence League went to the Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone, where police officers stopped him under counter-terrorism powers. “He returned for the purpose of publishing the film and sought to immediately leave the jurisdiction.”The court heard the police officers who had held Yaxley-Lennon had no power to stop him leaving the UK.
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