UK: Danny Tommo Charged for Allegedly Slashing Channel Migrant Boat
Prosecutors say footage shows Daniel Thomas cutting a dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was aboard, and they charged him with criminal damage.
- Daniel Thomas has been charged with criminal damage after allegedly slashing a migrant boat.
- The 37-year-old, known as Danny Tommo, was arrested for endangering life and the safety of a ship after a video surfaced.
- He live-streamed the incident, using a knife on an inflatable boat with a rescue responder aboard.
- This incident reflects a trend among anti-immigration activists employing aggressive methods to stop migrant boats.
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A live video is causing uproar in the UK: a right-wing extremist is said to have cut a refugee boat in the English Channel. He filmed the action himself.
A British right-wing activist, Daniel Thomas, alias Danny Tommo, is in pre-emptive custody after a UK court on Friday rejected his release from detention for the destruction of a pneumatic boat used by illegal migrants to cross the Channel from France, reports AFP.
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