A UK judge on Tuesday cleared far-right activist Tommy Robinson of a terrorism offence after he refused to let police access his phone last year, in his latest high-profile criminal case.

Judge Sam Goozee ruled that officers might have unlawfully targeted Robinson over what he “stood for” and his “beliefs” at the Channel Tunnel shuttle port in Folkestone, southeast England, in July 2024.

Robinson, who drew around 150,000 people onto London’s streets in September for one of the country’s largest far-right protests ever, called the verdict “damning”.

The 42-year-old, a highly contentious figure in Britain who boasts a significant online following alongside a string of criminal convictions, also thanked US billionaire Elon Musk.

He has said Musk, who controversially addressed his Septembe

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