{"id":2169500,"date":"2026-09-29T10:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169500"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:17:49","slug":"daniel-thomas-refused-bail-over-alleged-boat-damage-in-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2169500","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage in Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, appeared in court via videolink (file photo)<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been refused bail during a crown court hearing over the alleged slashing of a dinghy in the English Channel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, appeared via videolink at Portsmouth Crown Court accused of criminal damage after a video appeared to show him slashing at the boat with a knife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 37-year-old, whose address was withheld by the court at a previous hearing, is also charged with failing to disclose the PIN to his phone. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He has been remanded in custody, with a provisional trial date set for 1 March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The defendant, wearing a grey t-shirt and holding a copy of the Bible, did not enter a plea during the hearing but previously pleaded not guilty to both charges at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police had been examining livestream footage appearing to show Daniel Thomas slashing at a migrant boat<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thomas is alleged to have used his social media platform to livestream himself from the English Channel at around 16:30 BST on 22 September, broadcasting to a large audience, the court heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is accused of slashing a boat that had been used by migrants, which was adrift in the sea, while a rescue crew member was on board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is also alleged to have said “this is what needs to happen” and “this is England, this isn’t France any more”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Simon Pentol KC, defending, had proposed a “package of bail conditions” as an alternative to Thomas being remanded in custody and described the allegation against his client as “politically charged and fundamentally flawed”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On his decision to refuse bail, the Judge James Newton-Price KC, said: “I am not concerned with the political issues or motivations in this matter and I put them aside in deciding this matter.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A handful of supporters waited outside the court to hear the outcome of the hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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