Tommy Robinson, a British far-right figure, was sentenced by British justice to pay .100.000 116.680 (€ XNUMX) in compensation to a young Syrian refugee who sued him for defamation.
In particular, in October 2018, Jamal Hitzazi was attacked by classmates in the schoolyard in the city of Huddersfield in the north of England, a fact that was recorded and the video went viral on the internet.
Hooligan, the founder of the English Defense League, an extreme right-wing organization that claims to be fighting the Islamist threat, Tommy Robinson or Steven Jaxley-Lennon, as his real name is, posted two videos on Facebook shortly afterwards stating that Jama "He was not innocent and that he violently attacked the little Englishmen of his school."
In the video, which was viewed by nearly a million people, Robinson, 38, said the teenage refugee had "beaten a girl and threatened to stab" another boy, something Jamal has always denied.
Accusations that had "catastrophic consequences" for the teenager and his family, who are Syrian refugees in Britain, were said by his lawyers during a trial in April.
Today, the court with its decision acquitted the young Syros, awarding him compensation and interest of 100.000 pounds (116.680 euros).
One of his lawyers, Francesca Flund, welcomed the "revenge" against the "very serious" allegations that also had "serious" consequences.
"It took a lot of courage for our client, Jamal Hitzazi, to continue his defamation lawsuit against a far-right and anti-Islamist activist as prominent as Steven Jaxley-Lennon," he added.
Robinson was sentenced in 2019 to nine months in prison for contempt of justice for videotaping and leaking images of a criminal trial.
His case had attracted the attention of the American "alt-right", or alternative right, even Donald Trump, the youngest son of the then American president, and Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump, who had expressed his support. of.
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