The founder of the English Defence League (EDL) will no longer face a charge of assaulting a police officer.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped the accusation against Stephen Lennon, 27, of Luton, Bedfordshire, after new evidence emerged. The CPS said Mr Lennon would now face an offence under the Public Order Act.
Mr Lennon was arrested as members of the Muslims Against Crusades group burned a poppy during a two-minute silence on Armistice Day in London. A police officer suffered a head injury during the clashes in Kensington, west London, as about 50 men linked to the EDL were kept away from the protesters. Five other people associated with the right-wing organisation were arrested and two Muslim protesters were held on suspicion of public order offences.
Two men, aged 30 and 26, have since been charged with public order offences and are due to go on trial later this year. The CPS and the Metropolitan Police were unable to say immediately if the remaining five would face charges. The CPS said Mr Lennon had not yet been formally charged with the new offence.
Mr Lennon described this potential new charge as being "out of a Christmas cracker" and said he would deny it. He said: "This is a joke, a farce. It completely shows they are trying to pin anything they can on me. I will plead not guilty to the public order. I was trying to prevent a crime of burning poppies. I was trying to do the police's job because they failed to keep the rule of law on the streets of London."
The Metropolitan Police said it would not be commenting on Mr Lennon's remarks.
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"EDL founder Stephen Lennon's police assault charge dropped"
Brcause he's a well known grass.
Like griffin and others before him Lennon walks free from police stations across the country (remember sheffield). He and Alan Lake have supplied the state with video footage of all the footy hooligans and neo nazi thugs courtesy of wetherspoons cctv footage. Makes you wonder what other usefull titbits of information he has given them. Either through being an informer or just being a stupid twat in the interview room.
EDL members must be right thick to still trust the loser.
Reminds me of how Gri££in shafts his members and managed to get away without anyone questioning him.
Galavanting to Canada and back must make him seem like some sort of inconic superhero to EDL football hoolie and neo-Nazi tossers.
If so, and they are this much lacking in intreligence rank and file EDL members well and truly deserve Yaxley Lennon.
Love Music Hate Racism's article on Ian Holt;;;
http://lovemusichateracism.com/2010/04/bnp-dubstep-promoter-ex-partners-hit-back-with-love-music-hate-racism-event/
Makes you wonder what other usefull titbits of information he has given them.
Names, addresses and account details of people who buy EDL tat are probably handed over too.
Breaking news: BNP in Oldham beaten into fifth place in Oldham by UKIP.
" Names, addresses and account details of people who buy EDL tat are probably handed over too. "
All this info is already availible to all on the internet. . i wonder if thats what Lennon does??? Gives details to the state/police and then realeases them onto the net to cover his back?
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