FAR-RIGHT activist Tommy Robinson was discriminated against by police owing to his political beliefs when he was nabbed driving a Bentley, a court has been told.
He was stopped at the Channel Tunnel in a Bentayga with £13,000 in cash, his trial heard.
Police were suspicious of his claim he was delivering the car to a pal in Benidorm so detained him under counter-terror laws in July last year.
Alisdair Williamson KC, defending, told Westminster magistrates’ court police had taken a “discriminatory stance”.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, denies refusing to hand over his mobile PIN — an offence under the Terrorism Act.
Prosecutor Jo Morris said officers had legitimate reasons to detain him owing to his “associating with far-right activists”.
The trial continues.
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