Tommy Robinson fought a man in a car park at Ascot (Picture: Assed Baig)

Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson was filmed fighting a man in a car park at Royal Ascot.

A dashcam video showed him exchanging punches with the man on Saturday evening at around 7pm.

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Mr Robinson, 34, managed to knock his rival to the ground before they were separated and he later claimed in a statement he was defending himself in Berkshire.

‘This is regarding an edited video being shared online regarding Tommy,’ the statement said.


‘Tommy was at the races with his wife. This man followed them both to their coach abusing them.

‘Tommy and his wife went to board the coach but the man was not finished he attacked Tommy and dragged tommy (sic) from the coach.



‘The man followed, instigated and attacked Tommy when he was with his wife. Tommy acted in self-defence.’

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Former spokesman and leader of the English Defence (EDL) League Tommy Robinson (Picture: PA)

But his version of events was contradicted by journalist Assed Baig, who was sent the footage.

He wrote on Twitter: ‘A witness told me that Tommy Robinson threw the first punch after a verbal with the man.’

A spokesman for Mr Robinson responded by asking Mr Baig if his witness was ‘a Muslim who had already had words with Tommy’ that evening.

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Statement from Tommy Robinson (Picture: Twitter)

Mr Robinson later stated he had recorded a conversation with the coach driver who filmed the dashcam footage and it proved he was acting in self-defence.

He said he would be releasing the audio today.

Thames Valley Police said in a statement: ‘We aware of a video posted online which shows an altercation taking place at Royal Ascot yesterday and officers are investigating the circumstances.

‘There has not been a report to police at this stage and no arrests have been made however if anyone involved in the incident wishes to report the incident to officers, please call Thames Valley Police’s 24-hour enquiry centre on 101 quoting URN 855.’

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