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Right-wing activist Danny Tommo was arrested last night after filming himself apparently slashing the side of a dinghy with a rescue crew member still on board.
The 37-year-old, real name Daniel Thomas, was detained at a BP petrol station on suspicion of destroying ships or fixed platforms or endangering their safety.
Tommo was also arrested on suspicion of criminal damage; criminal damage with intent to endanger life; and conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals.
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Tommo → see → ships
Video posted by Tommo on YouTube as well as his associate Tommy Robinson on X from an undisclosed location showed Tommo asking to 'say goodbye to my kids'.
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Tommo → post → kids
An officer then tells Tommo to 'step out of the car' and explains the arrest, while a woman off-camera is heard saying: 'The cameras are on, let go of the phone.'
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cameras → tell → phone
It comes after Tommo appeared to shout 'traitors' having used a knife to cut the side of the vessel that people smugglers had used to transport migrants in the Channel.
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smugglers → come → Channel
Tommo could be seen in footage on YouTube slashing and stabbing the dinghy after a crew member boarded to apparently take the vessel back to France on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of activists then gathered in Gosport later that day after Tommo filmed himself going out to sea to try to intercept a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants.
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himself → gather → migrants
Last night, officers arrested Tommo - and both he and Robinson posted a 55-second clip of the incident at about 10.30pm, which has since been viewed 350,000 times.
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which → arrest → 10.30pm
A video shows Danny Tommo being detained at an undisclosed BP petrol station last night
A police officer explains to Danny Tommo last night that he is being arrested
The clip begins with Tommo – who is not on camera - saying: 'Yeah okay, okay, if I could just speak to my kids quick, I'll try and say goodbye to my kids before.'
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I → show → kids
An officer then tells him: 'Step out of the car please sir, okay?
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officer → tell → car
At this moment in time we have information to suggest that you were involved in criminal damage'
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you → have → damage
Tommo replies: 'Yep, yep, can I just... give me my phone.
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I → reply → phone
I want my phone to be on, please.'
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phone → want → ?
An unknown woman adds: 'The cameras are on, let go of the phone.'
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cameras → add → phone
The officer continues: 'At this point in time, you are under arrest - you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...'
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it → continue → defence
Tommo then says: 'I understand.'
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I → say → ?
The officer adds: 'The information that I've been given is that you've been involved in criminal damage that has recklessly endangered someone's life, okay?'
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that → add → life
Tommo interjects, saying: 'Can I just... yeah, I understand that...'
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I → interject → that
And the officer says: 'I will get the full information for you in terms of times and date and everything...'
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I → say → times
A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesman said today: 'A man has been arrested after a boat that had an emergency responder on board, was damaged in English Channel.
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We received a report of the incident on Tuesday evening.
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Last night, a 37-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was arrested on suspicion of destroying ships or fixed platforms or endangering their safety under Section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, and conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Section 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
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He remains in custody at this time.'
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In an update on X this morning, Robinson said: 'Danny Tommo is currently sitting in the cells and facing serious charges.
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He needs our help, he needs your help.
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he → need → help
Danny rang me when the police were following him, saying 'what do I do, what am I going to do?'
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I → ring → what
'I know, because I've been in this situation, he'll be scared, he'll be worried, he's going to be fearful, he's going to be panicking about his kids and his missus, the mother of his kids.
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he → know → kids
'He's going to be panicking about his family.
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He → go → family
He's going to be panicking about the time he's away, because Danny is their sole provider.
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Danny → go → time
Robinson said he told Tommo on the phone that he needed help from Canadian political activist Ezra Levant, who has previously supported his own legal battles.
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who → say → battles
The activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, added that he phoned Levant last night, who confirmed that he will help fund legal representation for Tommo.
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Robinson also said: 'Danny didn't stab that boat for himself.
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Danny → say → himself
And he might have done it impulsively, it might have been a mistake what he's done, but he's been driven to that.
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'All these men are being driven to it by failures of government, by the mess they've created in our country.'
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Danny Tommo could be seen in footage on YouTube slashing and stabbing the dinghy after a crew member boarded to apparently take the vessel back to France on Tuesday
Tommo slices through one side of the empty dinghy seconds before a rescuer stepped on
The French rescue worker did not react after the activist slashed the dinghy with a knife
Separately, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said last night that three people were charged after they gathered at the marina where they thought the boat's passengers were due to arrive.
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Six people were arrested by officers during the evening, the force said.
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Shannon Dodds, 32, of Gosport, has been charged with two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker.
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She has been remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court today.
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Sally Pearson, 31, also of Gosport, has been charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker and a racially aggravated public order offence.
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Pearson → charge → worker
She has also been remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court today.
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Toby Matthews, 33, from Gosport, has been charged with common assault of an emergency worker.
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…and 26 more, not listed.
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