Daniel Thomas pleads guilty to criminal damage to migrant dinghy in Channel

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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly center (75%).

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Daniel Thomas, also known as Danny Tommo, changed his plea to guilty to criminal damage at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday, according to BBC News, Sky News, The Guardian and United Press International. Thomas, 37, appeared by video link from prison. The charge concerns his slashing of an inflatable migrant dinghy with a knife in the English Channel in September. No one was hurt, UPI reports, and the migrants had already been taken to Dover. Thomas has pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of refusing to give police his phone passcode. He is due to be sentenced on Wednesday and remains in custody.

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Daniel Thomas, 37, changed his plea to guilty to criminal damage at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday.
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The Guardian
Center
United Press International, BBC News, Sky News
The charge concerns slashing an inflatable migrant dinghy with a knife in the English Channel in September.
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The Guardian
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United Press International, BBC News, Sky News
Thomas is also known as Danny Tommo.
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The Guardian
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United Press International, BBC News
No one was hurt in the incident, according to UPI.
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Thomas has pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of refusing to give police his phone passcode.
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Thomas is due to be sentenced on Wednesday and remains in custody.
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The outlets report that Daniel Thomas pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to criminal damage to a migrant dinghy in the Channel. The left-side Guardian report calls him a far-right activist, while center outlets describe him as an activist or anti-immigration activist.

the left
1 outlet
The Guardian, running a PA Media report, headlines Thomas as a far-right activist who admitted criminal damage to a dinghy in the Channel; no other left-side coverage is supplied.
Loaded modifier“Far-right activist”The political label is attached to Thomas in the headline, although the other outlets describe him as an activist without it.More neutral: Activist Daniel ThomasDisagree with this highlight? Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage of dinghy in the Channel
The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
3 outlets
Center headlines lead with the guilty plea and the knife attack, calling Thomas an activist; UPI and Sky add anti-immigrant or anti-migrant labels, while BBC does not.
Activist Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage after slashing migrant dinghy in Channel
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Far-right activist
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Far-right activistMore neutral: Activist Daniel Thomas
The political label is attached to Thomas in the headline, although the other outlets describe him as an activist without it.
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage of dinghy in the Channel
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From the left

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far-right label
criminal damage admission
rescue services helping occupants

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The GuardianLeftPA Media report
Loaded modifier“Far-right activist”The political label is attached to Thomas in the headline, although the other outlets describe him as an activist without it.More neutral: Activist Daniel ThomasDisagree with this highlight? Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage of dinghy in the Channel
Thomas changes plea over slashing boat with knife after watching occupants being helped by rescue services The far-right activist Daniel Thomas has admitted criminal damage after slashing an inflatable dinghy with a knife in the Channel. …
22 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

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the guilty plea
the knife attack on the dinghy
anti-immigration activist label

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United Press InternationalCenter
British anti-immigrant activist pleads guilty to slashing migrant boat
Daniel Thomas told a court in Portsmouth he was changing his plea to guilty to a charge he slashed a migrant dinghy in the English Channel in September.
19 hr agoRead at United Press International (opens in a new tab)
BBC NewsCenter
Activist Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage after slashing migrant dinghy in Channel
Activist Danny Tommo pleads guilty to criminal damage at Portsmouth Crown Court.
22 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
Sky NewsCenter
Anti-migrant activist admits slashing boat with a knife in English Channel
An anti-immigration activist has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after slashing a migrant boat with a knife.
23 hr agoRead at Sky News (opens in a new tab)

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37 min later
Its first report, Nov 12, 5:47 AM EST
Center
First to report
Sky News, Nov 12, 5:11 AM EST
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No report yet
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The GuardianLeftNov 12, 5:47 AM EST
BBC NewsCenterNov 12, 5:48 AM EST
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Daniel Thomas pleads guilty to criminal damage to migrant dinghy in Channel

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Loaded modifier“Far-right activist”The political label is attached to Thomas in the headline, although the other outlets describe him as an activist without it.More neutral: Activist Daniel ThomasDisagree with this highlight? Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage of dinghy in the Channel

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British anti-immigrant activist pleads guilty to slashing migrant boat

Activist Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage after slashing migrant dinghy in Channel

Anti-migrant activist admits slashing boat with a knife in English Channel

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