Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Tommy Robinson is guilty of harassing two journalists because we do not live in a “vigilante world”, jurors have been told, as the prosecution sought to use the far-right activist’s words against him.
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prosecution → harass → him
Robinson had posted a video in which he told Daily Mail journalists he would find them after they wrote about his alleged role influencing England’s 2024 riots.
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they → post → riots
He told them he had obtained details of where they and their families lived and warned them to abide by “men’s rules”.
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they → tell → rules
Ben Holt, prosecuting, told the jury: “Let’s get real, shall we, and not live in a vigilante world where ‘men’s rules’ apply?
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rules → prosecute → world
Summing up the case, Holt said Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had accepted that sharing images of journalists’ homes and partial photos of their loved ones was intended to exert pressure.
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sharing → sum → pressure
However, he rejected Robinson’s insistence that the journalists on the receiving end of what the prosecution described as “bullyboy and intimidatory” conduct would not have been in fear of violence as a result.
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prosecution → reject → result
Robinson, 43, is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence in 2024 to two journalists who were working for the Mail, Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber.
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who → charge → Mail
He denies the charges.
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He → deny → charges
Robinson said in evidence that he had been in “a panic” after the Mail had in effect identified a hotel in Cyprus where he had gone with family and friends and published a photo of his ex-wife, which he said put her at risk.
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he → say → risk
But Holt said Robinson had never asked for the image to be taken down in calls and messages to the journalists and the Daily Mail’s editor.
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image → say → journalists
“Instead, he just threatened people.
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he → threaten → people
He acted like a bully,” he said.
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he → act → bully
Holt repeated the words Robinson had directed at the journalists: “Good for the goose, good for the gander.
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Robinson → repeat → gander
You are coming for me, I am coming for you.”
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I → come → you
Holt described this as “straightforward retaliation”.
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Holt → describe → retaliation
Such was the concern of the journalists that the police had to be called on a number of occasions, said Holt, who pointed to “unpleasant” comments made by Robinson’s supporters online after some of his posts.
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who → call → posts
Robinson had close to 1 million followers on X at one point, and some of his supporters are “unpredictable”, Holt said.
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Holt → have → supporters
Alisdair Williamson KC, for the defence, said Robinson’s actions were justified because the “fear for him is real”.
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fear → say → him
“When you judge whether what he did was reasonable, you might think that he showed some restraint,” he told the jury.
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he → judge → jury
“I know what language I might use if people put my family in that position.
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people → know → position
Williamson said the journalists did not care about Robinson’s concerns about the article, nor the stress it caused him, adding: “They don’t care to pick up the phone.”
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They → say → phone
A series of agreed facts that were read out to the court before the closing speeches included a reference to four threat-to-life warning notices that police had given to Robinson in 2018, 2019 and 2024, shortly after the Daily Mail article.
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police → agree → article
The court also heard that a video had been posted online in August 2024 by a man named Omar Abdirizak in which he said: “Tommy Robinson I got a message for you … we got pirates in every corner.
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we → hear → corner
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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