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Daniel Thomas, also known by the nickname Danny Tommo, has admitted to causing criminal damage after he deliberately slashed a dinghy with a knife in the English Channel. The 37-year-old changed his plea to guilty for the single charge during a hearing conducted via video link from prison at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday.
During earlier proceedings, the court was told that on 22 September, Thomas took a boat out into the English Channel where he witnessed migrants in a dinghy being aided by the RNLI, Border Force, and the French Coastguard. Thomas confessed to cutting the inflatable boat, which had French personnel aboard at the time.
Prosecutor Kevin Lucie, speaking at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court in September, detailed how Thomas had steered his vessel toward an unoccupied rigid inflatable boat (RIB) drifting nearby. It was reported that he armed himself with a knife while rescue teams were approaching the dinghy, and a French crew member had boarded from one of the rescue boats.
Following the act of slashing the dinghy, Thomas was captured on a livestream making several statements. He said, “This is what needs to happen to everyone in these boats.” He further declared, “Right, you’re on English territory, This is England, this is not France anymore. Get off the boat, you have time to get off the boat. This is not France. Take them back.
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