Far-right leader walks free from court after conviction for refusing to hand his phone passcode over to police

Far-right leader walks free from court after conviction for refusing to hand his phone passcode over to police

The leader of far-right political group Britain First has been handed a judicial slap on the wrist after refusing to give his phone PIN to police at Heathrow Airport.


Paul Golding was arrested in October 2019 after accusing counter-terror police of abusing their powers to target him as he returned from a series of meetings with Russian politicians.


The 38-year-old was interrogated for nearly three hours, having been threatened with arrest if he did not voluntarily comply – only to be arrested at 1.43am the following morning when the interview ended, as reported by Court News UK.


He told police: "I don't think think you have any grounds to suspect me of terrorism in any way, shape or form."


Crown prosecutor Samuel Main told Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 May "the noises [Golding] made ab ..

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