Danny Tommo pleads guilty to slashing migrant dinghy in Channel
Hard-right activist Danny Tommo has pleaded guilty to slashing a migrant dinghy in the English Channel. The 37-year-old, whose real name is Daniel Thomas, changed his plea to the single charge when he appeared via video link from prison at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday. After slashing the boat with the knife, Thomas could be heard on video saying: “This is what needs to happen to everyone in these boats. Right, you’re on English territory. This is England; this is not France anymore.
TL;DR
- Danny Tommo pleaded guilty to slashing a migrant dinghy in the English Channel.
- He was heard on video stating that migrants should be sent back and that the UK is not France.
- Thomas changed his plea to guilty for the charge of slashing the boat.
- He faces further charges including failing to disclose his phone PIN, entering a restricted zone at a migrant processing centre, using threatening words/behaviour, and racially aggravated harassment.
- Thomas denies several other charges, including entering Dover Docks without permission and racially aggravated harassment.
- A trial for the remaining charges is scheduled for June 1 to June 3 next year, with a case management hearing on November 18.