Syrian schoolboy’s family threaten to sue Tommy Robinson over claims bullied refugee was targeted in revenge ‘for attacking a girl’
TOMMY Robinson has been threatened with legal action over claims he made about a teen Syrian refugee who was allegedly bullied at school.
Robinson, 36, has been threatened with a libel lawsuit over claims he made about a Syrian schoolboy at the centre of a viral video storm last yearIn the clip, the Syrian boy is seen nursing a bandaged arm before he is knocked over by another pupil at a school in Huddersfield.Robinson, 36, whipped up fury after claiming on Facebook that the Syrian teen had earlier attacked three girls and a boy.
He told The Guardian last night: "Our submission is that Mr Robinson, in tandem with Facebook, engaged in defamation of our client and these the claims were repeated numerous times across the world."More than £10,000 was raised from members of the public to support legal action against Robinson.
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