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Anti-migrant activist admits slashing boat with a knife in English Channel
The anti-migrant activist admitted damaging the dinghy after steering toward it as rescue crews approached, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, activist Danny Tommo, 37, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to criminal damage after slashing a migrant dinghy with a knife in the English Channel.
- Thomas steered his boat into the English Channel, where he targeted a dinghy being assisted by the RNLI, Border Force, and the French Coastguard during a rescue operation.
- Prosecutor Kevin Lucie alleged in September that Thomas armed himself with a knife and steered toward an empty rescue Rib as crews approached the dinghy.
- During the hearing, Thomas reiterated a not guilty plea to failing to disclose his phone's Pin to police under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
- Appearing via video link from HMP Winchester, Thomas has been in custody for seven weeks; his address remains withheld by court order at a previous hearing's direction.
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UK anti-immigration activist pleads guilty to slashing migrant dinghy
LONDON (AP) — A British anti-immigration activist who has led protests against migrants crossing the English Channel pleaded guilty Thursday to slashing a dinghy while a rescuer was still aboard. Daniel Thomas, 37, pleaded guilty in Portsmouth
·Baltimore, United States
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