A British tourist claims he saw Tommy Robinson boarding a flight to Tenerife following an alleged assault at London’s St Pancras station.
The 42-year-old far-right political activist flew out of the UK as police launched an investigation into an incident in which a man was knocked unconscious on the walkway leading to the station’s Thameslink hub.
In an update on Thursday, the British Transport Police said the man had been discharged from hospital on Wednesday.
Video footage shared on TikTok on Tuesday by a British tourist appeared to show Robinson boarding an airport shuttle.
He was wearing a black t-shirt and shorts, a black cap and white trainers, with a visible tattoo on his left leg.
The video was captioned: “Spotted Tommy Robinson getting on my flight this morning.”
In another video, the man alleged to be Robinson lifted his cap at the security gates so that a staff member could check his face against his passport photo.
Later that day, the British TikToker shared another video tagged with a Tenerife location.
Footage shared widely on social media this week, shows an agitated Robinson shouting “you saw him, he came at me” as a man appears to lay unresponsive and bleeding on the floor.
Robinson later claimed in a video he had a fight with a door after showing off a cut on his forehead.
But a fellow passenger claimed they saw Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, arguing with an older man before “punching him so hard it knocked him out”.
They said Robinson allegedly shouted at him to "come at me then" before he "punched the man so hard he was knocked out".
The witness had been on the way to catch a train when he "heard a loud commotion and arguing" at the top of the Platform B escalator.
He said that as he approached the top, he saw the pair "facing off and standing very close to each other".
The witness told MailOnline that the alleged assault seemed "very serious" as the individual "wasn't moving afterwards".
Robinson could then be seen leaving down a staircase, while another man can be heard saying "quick, can we get someone here" to staff.
He then comes back up the stairs and appears to tell the man "he come at me bruv, you saw that".
Since the clip emerged, Robinson reposted a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, from a user which read: "If you approach someone with hostility, a man that receives death threats daily, expect to get a clip round the ear hole."
British Transport Police said on Tuesday: "BTP were called to St Pancras station just after 8.40pm yesterday (July 28) following reports of an assault.
"Officers attended and a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which are not thought to be life threatening.
"Overnight the investigation has been ongoing and officers have been making arrest enquiries.
"Officers have confirmed that the suspect, a 42-year-old man from Bedfordshire, boarded a flight out of the country in the early hours of this morning.
"Detectives are continuing to work closely to progress the investigation and bring him into custody for questioning."
