Danny Tommo in Court Again Over Additional Charges

Daniel Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, has appeared in court charged with entering a restricted area of the Port of Dover.

The 37-year-old is accused of going into a restricted zone at Western Jet Foil — a short-term holding and processing site located inside the port’s Western Docks — on 31 March, according to court documents. He had previously pleaded guilty to that count.

Thomas is further accused of using threatening words or behaviour in Dover on 1 April and obstructing a person engaged in a lawful activity on 6 April. He is also charged with entering or remaining in Dover Docks without having lawful business or permission, and with racially aggravated harassment by allegedly using threatening or abusive words.

He appeared at Margate Magistrates’ Court on Friday via videolink wearing a grey T-shirt and rosary beads.

District Judge William Nelson sent the case for a further case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 4 November.

The restricted-zone charge arises under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 and the Ship and Port Facility (Security) Regulations 2004, which prohibit unauthorised presence in designated restricted areas of harbour facilities. The docks-entry charge is brought under Dover Harbour Board bye-laws regulating access to the port’s operational areas. These are standard provisions applying to controlled zones across UK commercial ports and harbours.

Earlier this week, Thomas was refused bail during a Crown Court hearing over the alleged slashing of a dinghy in the English Channel.