Far-right activist Danny Tommo charged with criminal damage after dinghy slashed in the Channel

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas – known to his supporters as Danny Tommo – has been charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose the PIN to his phone after he was filmed slashing a boat in the English Channel with an emergency responder on board.

The 37-year-old, of no fixed abode, was remanded into custody to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday, Hampshire police said in a statement.

The force said in a statement on Thursday evening: “The charges follow an allegation made to police that damage had been caused to a boat in the Channel whilst an emergency responder was on board.”